15th March 2025

I’ve been contemplating reading this novel for years, and having watched the TV series decided that now was the time. So my reading is somewhat coloured by the acting and the way the characters were portrayed on screen.

It’s a well structured story with a likeable main character that kept me engaged as an older reader. There’s pace is fast, and there’s a lot of investigations packed in chapter by chapter.

It’s very noticeable where the TV adaptation made changes, and yet also feels incredibly familiar the rest of the time. And you can see why the TV changes work to make for something more visual, although in one case it seems like a whole plot thread was added to extend the length without adding too much more.

I’m glad I read it, but also glad I watched the series first. It made for a quite relaxing piece of escapism already knowing where things were going, which is nice in a book.

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