Book:
- character motivation was convincing and more particularly, back-story was seamless (the flashbacks in the television series were clunky)
- intricacy and detail to the story that was missed in the television series
- because we all need a conclusion, no matter how open to interpretation that is.
Book here. Television series here.
I really need to get this read, it’s been in my TBR forever. I’m not sure if we’ll get the series over here. Is that Hugo Weaving on the promo picture? He is brilliant, I might be tempted…
Yes, it’s Hugo. He was good but Alex Dimitriades was even better *I may have had a little crush on Alex for 20 years…*
I always think that books do flashbacks so much better that television or movie for some reason.
Trying to think of a really good example of flashbacks done well in a movie but can’t (that said, they weren’t terrible in A Man Called Ove).
I was soooo disappointed by the TV series. I lasted about 20 minutes and then turned it off. I *loved* the book.
Some episodes were stronger than others (the one from Mitch’s perspective was the best) but the last episode was not great – felt underdone.
Sounds like an intense story–I’ll have to pick up the book sometime xD
I’m less than halfway through the book and seriously questioning if I should keep reading. I was enjoying it, then the thought struck me – this is indulgent; needs a damn good edit – and now, I’m not sure if I can recover…