Jacquelin Oliver

Personally I don’t think there was any need for Netflix to make this into a series, apart from making money off the well known film . I think the film actually captured the tone of the book much better ,with it being a shorter length , it mirrored the pace of the book , like lots of vignetttes spanning the decades. I found the series drawing out scenes that were not that profound in the first place . I thought the main characters were played very well in the Netflix version but really it’s almost a carbon copy of the film but stretched out to an inch of its life .

I enjoyed this show to a certain extent but it’s got the energy of a manic episode. There’s just too many elements ,it’s having an identity crisis . It’s like a rom com at points ,then it’s like a social / political drama , then it’s like some sort of black art manifesto . There’s just too much happening. Also there’s plenty woke propaganda to add to the mix . I really liked the Mars character tho !