I accidentally did Off Campus backwards. Most readers fell in love with Garrett Graham on the page. I met him on Prime Video first. After watching the show (multiple times…), I finally picked up The Deal to see what everyone had been talking about. That gave me a pretty unusual perspective because I wasn’t wondering whether the adaptation captured the book—I was wondering how the book would change the characters I’d already come to love. Since then, I’ve read the first three books (The Deal, The Mistake, and The Score) and rewatched the show more times than I probably need to admit. So here’s my verdict: This isn’t really a…