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Not if they saw the movie first.   Millions of people have one memory of Lord of the Rings from the movie.  They will see that when they read the novel.
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That’s my theory on why movies made from books are often regarded as “not as good as the book”. Partially because movies leave some things out, but I feel like it’s mostly because reality of the movie is no match for your personalized imagination of the story. >

I think this is also the case with manga and anime. I often see people complain that a manga did a certain scene better than its anime. Many times when I check them side by side, the anime scene looks exactly the same, except with extra movement.
I figure that the issue is that they imagined a certain tone of voice and movement in the manga and are disappointed when it doesn't happen like that in the anime. >

Animation absolutely screws with frame details, especially when movement is involved. Add the effect of coloring and you can easily have a bunch of scenes that look better in manga form.