In the book I kept feeling like I was missing something, some connection. I loved to see the romance unfold on screen it actually was better than it was in the book. There were some differences, but all of them minor. It was very enjoyable to watch, also for people who have not read the book. Of course, the series wasn’t as detailed as the 600+ pages book, but for a screen adaptation it came really close. I thought this was done very smoothly, the repetitive scenes didn’t feel awkward at all. In the series this is mimicked by presenting the same scenes again, only this time with extra shots that add the view of a different character. In the book we follow only one person at a time, so the thoughts of the other characters stay a secret, and then read the same scene only this time from another characters eyes. The way the story was presented was very clever. It didn’t correlate with the story as it should be.
For some reason her acting felt a little bit off. The only character I didn’t particularly like were Mrs. Rupert Evans (“Gentleman” was exactly the arrogant bastard he should be. Sally Hawkins as Sue Trinder was also quite good, but as I have a problem with Sue as character, I didn’t really feel for her. I thought Elaine Cassidy was an exceptionally good Maud Lily she looks the beautiful lady with poor nerves, and she plays her character really well. Although after a while it struck me that we kept seeing images of the same street over and over again from the same angle they could have easily fixed that and varied the camera angle a bit, so it wouldn’t be so obvious that was the extend of the set. The Victorian London looked exactly like I had pictured it in my mind. I also thought the general atmosphere was captured beautifully. While watching I was recalling more and more scenes from the book. The first thing that struck me is how close this series stays to the book. The general plot points I could still remember, but not so much details. Now I have both read the book and watched the TV-adaptation I can’t help but compare.īecause it was quite a while ago since I read the book I started the series unprejudiced. You can read my short review on the book here. When I read Fingersmith during the summer I had no idea there was a BBC mini series of this book.
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