SerenityStone

I was initially extremely skeptical, and only checked it out because of a trusted recommendation. Never watched the movie or read the books, and was lukewarm at best at the idea of an adaptation, as I was not particularly interested in the source material. Felt the same way about Hannibal...and the exact same things happened there as happened here...I absolutely love it.

This is one of the best things I've ever watched, period. It's absolutely sublime. I don't know how closely it follows the book, although my understanding it's not that far off. Still, I don't know how rabid fans of the books will respond to it. The character work, the atmosphere, the writing...all top tier. I'm honestly pretty surprised the rating isn't higher..

I watched this purely because Troye Sivan was in it and I wanted to support him. To be perfectly honest, I wasn't expecting it to actually be good, was hoping it would at least be mid.

I'm actually kinda shocked to say I loved it! The acting was surprisingly good, especially for what I've seen of him so far. This is the best acting I've seen from him in any of his projects. I loved the characters, all of them. The premise of the story seemed kind of tired, but again, I absolutely loved the execution.

I saw a few people talking about how the story didn't delve into darkness and kept things too light, and I'm honestly puzzled by this critique. Yeah, it wasn't Euphoria, but the despair, longing and loneliness came through loud and clear for me.

Even being a fan of Troye, I wasn't expecting this to be good, but I genuinely thought it was pretty fantastic.

Season 3 absolutely solidified this as a masterpiece. This show is stupid good.