The tone and visuals are the best parts of the show. But this isn't social media, a nice Instagram picture or a cool preview are not good enough. Especially when the plot, writing, character arcs.. are just frustrating, don't make sense.. and at times down right annoying.

The first couple episodes were good, probably because they followed the book closely. The next 5 episodes were not good. Slow, filler episodes, with bad decision after bad decision. And no, I'm not one to love the book and hate all adaptations. Again, some scenes, dialogue, interactions just don't make sense. So many things that are different from the book that were poor choices. And those poor choices are compounded by little scenes and dialogue to try and tie the plot together. Which is just making things worse and worse. It's like they are digging deeper holes for themselves. Lastly, too many characters are just made to be annoying.

Bottom line, this is a shoulda coulda woulda series. Should have been so much better. Don't get fooled by the previews and the visuals. The actual story and execution of the story are pretty atrocious.