I read the novel and watched the first episode of the tv series. It doesn't even seem like the same story! There are so many significant differences! Someone who was female in the book was cast as a male, with a totally different personality! The background circumstances, explaining why people are where they are are completely different ... the difference between an illicit affair in one and a heroic attempt to save someone in the other. In another instance, someone who (in the book) played a certain role with 'eyes' for one character, is totally smitten by a different character (on the show). After the first episode - which seemed to drag on forever - I don't know that I'll go back to the tv show.
