Up to the first 2-3 episodes it's a mostly well designed series. I'm not sure who's the one that deserves my applause (the original novel writer? The screenplayer? The director?) but the choice of time sequence/unfolding of the story is excellent in terms of viewer engagement. It gives you enough to be interested while clearly promising that the best has yet to come.
Unfortunately plot holes, bad acting and a mediocre script (what characters say or what they decide to do) are on occasions very annoying and add up to a feeling of cheapness. So much that by the 5th episode I decided to give up (I guess I will miss a great ending... but I'd rather save me 3,5 hours). Too many silly things to bear.
First, the directing style (which I felt was original in the first episodes) becomes a boring constant: a slow tale of what has happened in the past with voiceovers all over the place and close to nothing happening in the present. Then, actors on average totally unconvincing as soon as they need to show some range - though I guess that the screenplay gave them a lot of trash dialogues/situations to work on.
Finally, characters straight out of a comic: I'm not sure if the book was more careful in avoiding the sensation of being targeted to people looking for "extremes" (violence, sex, etc) instead of "smart" crime-police drama lovers, or if this is the tv-series' fault. Anyways, as the misteries start unveiling, you'll likely start to question if it's sensible to keep watching.
Overall and compared to other international productions not a good crime-police drama. But probably not a total disaster: fine for newbies to the genre or those looking more for the shock factor than for a witty plot and/or a nice story.
Unfortunately plot holes, bad acting and a mediocre script (what characters say or what they decide to do) are on occasions very annoying and add up to a feeling of cheapness. So much that by the 5th episode I decided to give up (I guess I will miss a great ending... but I'd rather save me 3,5 hours). Too many silly things to bear.
First, the directing style (which I felt was original in the first episodes) becomes a boring constant: a slow tale of what has happened in the past with voiceovers all over the place and close to nothing happening in the present. Then, actors on average totally unconvincing as soon as they need to show some range - though I guess that the screenplay gave them a lot of trash dialogues/situations to work on.
Finally, characters straight out of a comic: I'm not sure if the book was more careful in avoiding the sensation of being targeted to people looking for "extremes" (violence, sex, etc) instead of "smart" crime-police drama lovers, or if this is the tv-series' fault. Anyways, as the misteries start unveiling, you'll likely start to question if it's sensible to keep watching.
Overall and compared to other international productions not a good crime-police drama. But probably not a total disaster: fine for newbies to the genre or those looking more for the shock factor than for a witty plot and/or a nice story.