I read the book first and it's one of his best. It's rare that shows are faithful to the book. The series started off so good but I got bored with it. The character Holly Gibney is a cross over from the Mr Mercedes book, also made into a really good TV series, and the actress they chose to play her in the outsider is just completely wrong and that's what ruined it for me. The actress in Mr Mercedes was perfect, shame she couldn't of been in this show.