As expected the first series strayed from the book a little but overall pretty much followed the book. So even though there were differences I enjoyed it immensely, I would give it an 8 for that. The second season other than generally following the book in locations visited totally ignored the content of book. I was struck by how almost nothing happening matched the book. For that I would give it a 4. Still looking forward to the next series and hope that they can salvage it and bring it back to somewhat following the book. If I hadn't read the book I probably would have enjoyed the second series more. An update to my original review. Having watched it a second time with the understanding that it doesn't follow the books too closely I found that I enjoyed it much more this time. I've change my overall rating to a 9 now.