As a fan of the Cormoran Strike books, I looked forward to seeing them brought to life. But ultimately I felt like they were only half brought to life.
It's hard to say what it is, exactly. I thought the leads were well cast. The first episode has a very stylish, intriguing intro.
But the series just lacks personality. I watched all from the first book and found it nothing but watchable. The first book's strength was its more realistic portrayal of detective work as painstaking and detail oriented, but that is, unsurprisingly, flattened out in the adaptation.
While the first series left me cold, I still watched the first episode of the second season, which comes from my favorite book in the series Once again, I just found it difficult to keep interested. I decided I would stop there.
While perfectly watchable and fairly true to the series, it all just lacks something. I was never pulled into the characters lives or into the mysteries.
It's hard to say what it is, exactly. I thought the leads were well cast. The first episode has a very stylish, intriguing intro.
But the series just lacks personality. I watched all from the first book and found it nothing but watchable. The first book's strength was its more realistic portrayal of detective work as painstaking and detail oriented, but that is, unsurprisingly, flattened out in the adaptation.
While the first series left me cold, I still watched the first episode of the second season, which comes from my favorite book in the series Once again, I just found it difficult to keep interested. I decided I would stop there.
While perfectly watchable and fairly true to the series, it all just lacks something. I was never pulled into the characters lives or into the mysteries.