Image credit: Netflix Hello everyone, After an impressive first series released in 2021 that brought Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse to life on the small screen, it was very exciting when Shadow And Bone finally returned to Netflix in March. Three months on, I have finally got around to watching all eight episodes, so it is time to … Continue reading TV Adaptation Review – Shadow And Bone (Series Two)
Image credit: Netflix Hello everyone, Back in November I read The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup, an absolutely gripping Nordic crime novel which was the very definition of a thriller. It was an easy five stars, and I was totally on the edge of my seat for most of the way. It had been on … Continue reading TV Adaptation Review – The Chestnut Man
Image credit: Netflix Hello everyone, There was excitement all round when in 2019 it was announced that Netflix would be adapting Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse novels, namely the Shadow And Bone trilogy and the Six Of Crows duology, and after a slight delay due to the coronavirus pandemic it finally hit our screens on April 23rd. The announcement of show … Continue reading TV Adaptation Review – Shadow and Bone (Series One)
Image credit: BBC Hello everyone, At the beginning of 2017 I read Us by David Nicholls, a Booker Prize longlisted novel that told the story of a family as they travel throughout Europe. It begins one morning, when Douglas Peterson wakes up one morning and is told by his wife Connie that she is thinking of leaving … Continue reading TV Adaptation Review – Us
Image credit: BBC Hello everyone, If you have read some of my previous blog posts, then you might know that The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton was one of my favourite books I read last year. I felt it was a modern classic, just beautifully written. It was adapted into a television drama in December 2017, so after … Continue reading TV Adaptation Review – The Miniaturist
Image credit: BBC/Bronte Film and Television Ltd I really liked the TV adaptations of the first two Cormoran Strike books; so I was very much looking forward to seeing Career of Evil, the latest book in the series by Robert Galbraith to be made into a two-part drama by the BBC. This time, I absolutely loved it. … Continue reading TV Adaptation Review – Career Of Evil
Image credit: BBC/Bronte Film and Television Ltd So, after sampling the glitz and glamour of the world of fashion modelling to investigate the death of enigmatic celebrity Lula Landry, private detective Cormoran Strike and his assistant Robin Ellacott were suddenly thrust into the writing sphere as Robert Galbraith's (J.K. Rowling to you and I) crime … Continue reading TV Adaptation Review – The Silkworm
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