I mean I agree when I started watching the first few episodes I was hesitant to keep going, mostly due to the actors seeming uncomfortable/unfit for their roles (especially Holden) and I was worried it might not have the budget and would appear to cheap.

It took about 5 episodes or so but there’s a point where you realize what these are the exact perfect actors for every character literally perfect.

And story/production wise everything is a build up and there’s pieces to the puzzle being built slowly that it’s exceeding more satisfying after every episode, when it reaches the end of a story line you feel really rewarded in what you are watching

The books are great.

The show never got the feel right, and I watched all six seasons. Some of it is simple — the color is terrible, overdone and depressing. The pacing is slow for a series that really isn’t. The characters are made less likely to bee more gritty and dramatic rather than letting the plot create the drama.

Instead of just making the books well, they tried really hard to make it prestige tv like it was Breaking Bad or Mad Men. And it’s not.