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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2024)
So disappointing
I had been so excited to see this, the books are so good with so much depth, twists and turns. I know that as with any book adaptation there are always going to be some changes but this is so awful in so many ways. This is not the adaptation we wanted.
The main issue here is why do we have an American actress playing our Pip? The accent is so bad that it is difficult to see past it and it becomes so distracting that it makes the show hard to watch. I think it's distracting for Emma Myers too, she seems to be putting more effort into trying with the accent that the acting is below par and there is just no chemistry with the other characters. There are so many young British actresses who could have played this part so much better and with authenticity. It makes no sense at all other than trying to use a fan base off of another Netflix show to get more people to watch.
The whole show seemed to be trying too hard to be something other than what it is. If they had stayed true to the setting and used an actual british actress for Pip then it might have worked out better.
Geek Girl (2024)
Superlative. A faithful adaptation of the books.
This is a beautiful adaptation of the books written by the author Holly Smale who based it on her own experiences as a teenage model. I loved that the opening line of the series is actually the opening line of the book. The book literally starts 'my name is Harriet Manners and I am a geek' and so straight away you feel in familiar territory. There are some story tweaks here and there which overall worked pretty well.
In 'Geek Girl' being a geek isn't about the way Harriet looks. It's all about her character. Her hyper intelligence, the endless facts, the lists, obsession with dinosaurs and museums and her social awkwardness and general clumsiness. To look at, she isn't what people usually think of when you say 'geek'. Nobody expects the geeky (or Neurodiverse) girl to be a model even though they are pretty and look like a regular teenager. It reminds me of when people sometimes say 'you don't look autistic' and I think this is the perfect example. When Harriet is in the fashion dresses being a model with her hair and make-up done she is still the same Harriet and she doesn't change inwardly.
The way they didn't play into labelling Harriet as autistic was perfect just the same as the books. You kind of know she is but it's undiagnosed. There was no hint autistic stereotypes being played out here either which is very refreshing to see on screen. It felt very authentic. You could actually see Harriet masking and unmasking depending on the situation but the importance of the narrative inner voice was hearing a fully unmasked Harriet all the way. Emily Carey is perfect as Harriet. Every single part of her character is played to perfection. In fact, all the actors were so well cast and the chemistry was so good especially with Wilbur/Harriet Nick/Harriet.
There is plenty of source material for this to continue for another 3/4 seasons and beyond and I really do hope that Netflix makes more. It is really special and one of a kind, very much like Harriet Manners herself.
Manifest (2018)
Started well but got cheesy
Randomly found this series while scrolling through Netflix and It was super intriguing at the start and throughout Season 1 but as time went on it became more like a soap opera.
Season 3 didn't even need to be there really as I didn't think it progressed the story much. They could have made 3 seasons and that would have been plenty. By the time they got past Season 2 they had ran out of ideas.
That said, I couldn't stop watching and had to get to see the final conclusion. It was a satisfying ending.
It was a strong cast of actors who delivered well and great to see so much diversity within the cast.