I've said this before; I've suspected for a very long time that many of the reviews on IMBD are false. Just like the rest of the internet people are hired, in this case by the studios, to write glowing reviews of movies/series/mini-series. I strongly suspect that's the case here because something stinks. Way too many 10's with similar statements about this show, they all start to sound the same after a while, like the reviewers were working off a script....or a cheat sheet.

And I usually notice this with shows that really don't deserve the over-the-top glowing reviews....just like this one. The novel wasn't great, a lot of Stephen King's recent work isn't sorry to say (I really miss the days of The Stand and IT!). The novel was very basic and had a lousy ending, and this series followed suit. And since I didn't care for the novel in the first place the variations in this show aren't the reason I didn't like it. Except for one, and it's been mentioned here a lot; Holly Gibney had a very specific back story in the original King trilogy and it didn't include her being African American. Casting someone because they're an excellent actor is understandable and not the case here, casting them, and going against the original canon just to be politically correct is sad. Unfortunately it's also typical Hollywood...give this one a pass, if you've read the novel or not.