There’s a sense of an ending, watching an adaptation of a book you adore.
Slowly, as scenes you recognise unfurl on screen, the faces formed in the recesses of your imagination turn to dust, ceding their place to new, unfamiliar figures. Hallowed settings bend and contort into strange spaces you no longer recognise.
For this reason, I felt hesitant — nervous, even — hitting play on the BBC/Hulu TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s bestselling novel Normal People, worried I would be bidding farewell to the characters I had imagined. Thankfully, Normal People feels heart-flutteringly close to the beloved book that I and so many others cleaved to. It is valiantly true to its source. And watching it feels like being reunited with an old friend. Read more…
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