You might remember my feelings about the Neapolitan series (if not, read them here, here, and here). In short, I didn’t love the books. Other readers were raving. I was disappointed.
So why watch the tv series? I really just wanted some glimpses of Naples. But what I got was so much more.
I LOVED this series – for capturing the close, suffocating and violent world of Lila and Lenù. For letting the excellent cast say in a glance or a grimace what Ferrante said over endless pages. The series had tension and menace and love. You saw the insecurities and determination in the girls. Clearly this is all the stuff I missed in the books.
I’m doing what I vowed I wouldn’t – going back for the final instalment – part four, The Story of the Lost Child. And I’m already looking forward to season two.
Oh, interesting! I also didn’t really get on with the books and wondered what the fuss was about. I’ll try the tv series instead 🙂
Now I’m wondering why there wasn’t more fuss about the tv series – it is exceptionally well done and easily one of the best adaptations that I’ve watched.
I’d love to see the TV series. I’ll look into that! Thanks Kate!
This series is already out? I must find it!
It was on Foxtel late last year (I recorded it then).
Hopefully I might see it pop up on DVD or online to purchase soon.
I really enjoyed the first book (bought the 2nd but haven’t read it yet). I know it’s popular but I thought it was also genuinely literary.
I went in to the books with very high expectations (so much so that I’d bought all of them before reading the first!) – I appreciated the good writing but Lenu didn’t speak to me. But the TV series? I got what the fuss was about – gripping in a way that the book was not. Interestingly, they did one episode (60mins) per chapter of the book.
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