I'm in the middle of the third episode and I gave up, can't force myself to watch. Maybe partially because I finished reading the book few weeks ago, everything is so fresh and I know sad scenes are coming, scenes that will make me angry.
While reading though I had sympathy for the characters. I can't feel it now, What was going through Philip's head was of great importance and so far in the TV series it doesn't seem like anything is happening there... And Bess' face expression, like she's the unhappiest women in the entire world make is simply painful.
Everything goes so slow, and it usually works well in a production where the characters are to my liking, but here it is not the case.
I get the creators can't just take everything from the book and put it on a screen. They chose their way, they put a lot of effort into visual side. I am still prejudiced because of the way I received the book but I will not recommend that tv series to anyone. And since I do consider myself to be prejudiced I am giving it 6 stars - if you haven't read the book you may find the show being nicer than I did.
I get the creators can't just take everything from the book and put it on a screen. They chose their way, they put a lot of effort into visual side. I am still prejudiced because of the way I received the book but I will not recommend that tv series to anyone. And since I do consider myself to be prejudiced I am giving it 6 stars - if you haven't read the book you may find the show being nicer than I did.