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Hepzibar · 11/07/2015 12:17

I think I am looking forward to this. Looks like a great cast.

Anyone read the book?

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BreeVDKamp · 11/07/2015 12:22

Ooh I read this earlier in the year, was a Xmas present. Didn't know they were making it into a series! Which channel?

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Hepzibar · 11/07/2015 19:17

It's BBC 1 tomorrow (Sunday) night at 9pm

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DuchessofMalfi · 12/07/2015 09:41

I'm recording it, to watch the episodes together. Sadly I don't have the patience to wait for a week in between episodes of dramas any more Blush. But this will also give me the time to read the novel before then - have got it ready and waiting on my bedside cabinet.

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Blondeshavemorefun · 12/07/2015 10:22

But will the book and series be the same

They rarely are :(

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DuchessofMalfi · 12/07/2015 15:19

TV adaptations of books frequently disappoint me, but with the exception of Wolf Hall which I loved. Hope this one is good because I rarely watch TV and have been looking forward to it.

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WhetherOrNot · 12/07/2015 22:56

Well it is certainly graphic and with scenes of self-harm.

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Blondeshavemorefun · 12/07/2015 23:50

Recorded. Starting watching at 1130 / shattered now :(

So will watch rest tomorrow. Just got to the Drowning :(

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absolutelynotfabulous · 13/07/2015 08:54

I really enjoyed this. Some very graphic bits, but a slow, tense vibe.

Getting the book now!

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Bakeoffcake · 13/07/2015 08:57

This is one of my favourite books. I watched last night and thought the adaptation was very well done.

I'm very pleased as I was worried it wouldn't do the book justice.

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SoupDragon · 13/07/2015 09:00

I didn't feel the love for this and turned off before the end.

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mrsdavidbowie · 13/07/2015 10:59

I enjoyed it.
I read the book buy have completely forgotten what happens

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LavazzaLover · 13/07/2015 11:19

Im watching on sky+ now. At the train station bit and im piss bored. Its awful. Dont think I'll carry on.

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Daisywellies · 13/07/2015 14:21

I really enjoyed it, although parts of it were really difficult to watch. The cast is great, the period detail is lovely and the story is pretty heartbreaking. Will definitely be watching the second part next week.

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purpleme12 · 14/07/2015 02:08

I read the book years ago thought the book was really good. Watched the tele programme it was so powerful. I'm still reeling from it.

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diddl · 14/07/2015 07:54

Too gloom & doom for me!

Don't care about any of the characters either.

Couldn't get to the end of it.

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2rebecca · 14/07/2015 13:32

I found it very well acted. Agree with the too doom and gloom though. It was a bit anything that can go wrong will go wrong and I end up feeling emotionally manipulated by misery fest dramas.
I'm reading the book though but in future I will record 2 part series or watch both together on iplayer as I hate waiting a week between episodes too. I'd rather they did an hour a night on consecutive nights and got on with it.
The film does seem true to the book.

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Blondeshavemorefun · 14/07/2015 17:17

Enjoyed the first bit till mum drowned - but watched rest last night and birds me

Not sure if will watch part 2 next week

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twidsmum · 20/07/2015 09:42

Brilliant!
Ran through the gamut of emotions watching it.Shouted at the screen a couple of times(blush)
Portrayed the era and social values so well.

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DuchessofMalfi · 20/07/2015 12:10

Just finished reading the novel this weekend and have both episodes saved to watch soon. DH doesn't want to watch it so will have to find time to wallow in them by myself Grin

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Daisywellies · 20/07/2015 15:21

I enjoyed the first part but found last night very depressing and grim. I remember feeling the same reading the book. It gripped me at the start but then it all got a bit unrelenting.

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cerealqueen · 20/07/2015 18:38

I watched it hoping something happy would happen to somebody then it came to a Mills and Boon ending and I thought 'What the Fuck happened there, did I miss these two people getting to know each other, he was getting off with her sister five minutes ago?'

Happy to be enlightened by anybody who has read the book.

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DuchessofMalfi · 20/07/2015 20:56

Lewis and Kit were always very close right from childhood. In the novel he looked out for her and she for him. They both saw themselves as outsiders, rather unloved by their respective families. I haven't yet watched the tv adaptation, but presume that didn't come across so well? It does in the novel. Tamsin is more keen on him than he is on her, so it does seem more natural that it was Kit he would want.

Is there really a Mills and Boon ending? It is by no means that certain in the novel. There's a possibility that they never get together - it really isn't that obvious. He's leaving to do his National Service, and she's being sent abroad to finishing school. And that's how it ends.

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Samcro · 20/07/2015 21:43

I felt so sorry for lewis, he really was treated so badly

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Clawdy · 21/07/2015 16:55

It wasn't really Mills and Boon-y but it was rather romantic - Kit running to the station and falling into his arms as the train arrived, much kissing and promises...Mind you,after all the horror, I was happy it ended like that!

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purpleme12 · 03/08/2015 00:34

Just watched the 2nd part. I thought they were so well done. I really felt what they felt throughout. I think they did portray him and Kit being for each other in the film. I was glad for the ending I think it needed some happiness after all of that!

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