trudij
Senior Jockey
I saw bits of that via gogglebox and didn’t like the look of it at all.
Danny Dyer’s syrup was very distracting for me, but I loved his Freddie way more than I thought I would. Katherine Parkinson is just fabulous in everything - I had more issues with Taggie and Maude than any other characters I think. taggie wasn’t tall, dark haired and shy enough to what I expect from the book - and Maude just wasn’t Maude enough for me.
All the others I was on board with though, even though they were different in my mind’s eye - at first I was horrified that RCB wasn’t blonde and drop dead gorgeous, but after a little while I’d definitely warmed to him - he’s got “it” which is sometimes more what it’s about. Wasn’t keen on the change from the book Cameron - but the character is good, just different.
I liked “Jump” Kirsty - you’ve just got to suspend all knowledge of horsemanship, racing and training and just take it for a very long read of fluff that you don’t have to concentrate on. The fact that it was about racing helped a bit, but also - I like the Rutshire books, it’s nice to remember what it was like ( the orchestra bus journeys from Appasionata
) the only one I’ve not liked so much was the art one - I think that was called “Pandora” but you might like that one cos it’s much more grown up ( it was too much thinking for me 
) and of course all of them being set round Gloucestershire helped me like them as well. Just don’t spend time overthinking them - IMO that’s not what they are for!!
Danny Dyer’s syrup was very distracting for me, but I loved his Freddie way more than I thought I would. Katherine Parkinson is just fabulous in everything - I had more issues with Taggie and Maude than any other characters I think. taggie wasn’t tall, dark haired and shy enough to what I expect from the book - and Maude just wasn’t Maude enough for me.
All the others I was on board with though, even though they were different in my mind’s eye - at first I was horrified that RCB wasn’t blonde and drop dead gorgeous, but after a little while I’d definitely warmed to him - he’s got “it” which is sometimes more what it’s about. Wasn’t keen on the change from the book Cameron - but the character is good, just different.
I liked “Jump” Kirsty - you’ve just got to suspend all knowledge of horsemanship, racing and training and just take it for a very long read of fluff that you don’t have to concentrate on. The fact that it was about racing helped a bit, but also - I like the Rutshire books, it’s nice to remember what it was like ( the orchestra bus journeys from Appasionata
) the only one I’ve not liked so much was the art one - I think that was called “Pandora” but you might like that one cos it’s much more grown up ( it was too much thinking for me ) and of course all of them being set round Gloucestershire helped me like them as well. Just don’t spend time overthinking them - IMO that’s not what they are for!!
