I've noticed that this show is based on a book, I think I've seen it in the credits. Even without knowing the book, I have the feeling that the show isn't well done, but the story and ideas from the book are interesting and good. It takes several phenomena in physics and events through science history and ties them together in a plausible but fictional way to create an engaging story. The show often feels like it's constantly switching genres, it feels like the creators don't know how to set a mood or a theme for a show. Furthermore, it promotes some modern, political views on society, which I'm not against, but then defeats itself by using old, opposing stereotypes in other parts of the show.
The show feels like a Frankenstein monster created by many people who couldn't reconcile their work.
I'll keep watching the show because I like the story. But if it gets too "netflix-like" I may just switch to the book.
The show captures the spirit of the books well. The books jump back and forth way more and the show takes story lines from later book there told in flashbacks and puts them in chronological order.
I've read the first book and only watched the first two episodes. First thing : the Book takes place in China, which is more logical.
From what I've seen from the first two episodes, they created a lot of new things (the number of protagonists, the fact that a girl seemingly come from nowhere and doesn't appear on cameras, the fact that the satellites didn't see the blinking stars whereas it was precisely the satellites that saw them in the book, ...)
I think the show took the book, did a fanfic rewriting of it and published it. Were they right ? Maybe, because the boo wouldn't translate really well as is, in a TV show.
I have yet to read the book, but one the things didn’t like from the show is that all the key players for working to fight back happened to be a group of friends who all knew each other, which is kinda implausible. Was it the same in the book?