I read the book a few years ago and it really stuck with me. So I was looking forward to seeing the TV adaptation. And "adaptation " is exactly what it is. A very, very loose adaptation. The basic premise is there of a modern day black woman inexplicably getting thrust back and forth in time to the slave-era. And a few of the characters have the same name. But other than that, it's almost unrecognizable as the same storyline.
As a stand-alone project of its own, it's interesting and engaging and generally well made. But they could have easily done a few more tweaks and then called it something else, since it strays so far from the book. I'm not sure I get at all the portrayal of the boyfriend, who, so far, seems like a bumbling doofus (in the book he was actually her husband and, if I recall correctly, he didn't go back in time with her like he does here).
I'm on episode four at this point, and the way it's going, I'm honestly not sure if I'm going to be able to finish the season.
As a stand-alone project of its own, it's interesting and engaging and generally well made. But they could have easily done a few more tweaks and then called it something else, since it strays so far from the book. I'm not sure I get at all the portrayal of the boyfriend, who, so far, seems like a bumbling doofus (in the book he was actually her husband and, if I recall correctly, he didn't go back in time with her like he does here).
I'm on episode four at this point, and the way it's going, I'm honestly not sure if I'm going to be able to finish the season.