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Originally Posted by alansplace
Sorry, I was meaning to answer the question, 'Can you enjoy one medium without having tried the other?' and didn't successfully do so, so here goes again --- I personally feel that watching the Amazon  series won't interfere with ones enjoyment of the book series, nor will reading the book series interfere with ones enjoyment when viewing the Amazon series!
There, now I feel better. 
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To be fair, with non-fantasy/non-sf it is a little bit easier to have a book and tv show that won't interfere with each other. In the show Harry says that
The Black Echo is loosely based on his cases. Well, it is a movie in the show and not a book. I believe that to be true - so that the cases don't give away spoilers except for maybe interactions or relationships.
As on the other hand
The Dresden Files has a much bigger problem getting it right. Loosely based in fantasy can screw things up unfavorably - the magic feels different, the monsters feel different (only the same in name). Not saying the show is really bad as far as tv show goes, but it is lacking somewhat when compared how the books feel.
Amazon's
Bosch is executed very well - from script to choice of actors to production. Now don't get me wrong, I have no clue if the actors are any famous, but I don't really care as long as their acting is good. To my eyes it is. Even cuts from one scene to another are technically done nice - for example audio precedes visual at times (e.g. while you see them walking towards the house already hear the knock on door, cut to inside of house where they get invited in through opening door). At the end of each episode you can be pretty sure to expect a strong cliffhanger.