I had mixed feelings about it. If I looked at it as a standalone series, it was pretty interesting. It was not, however, 100% faithful to the books. (And none of the characters were as I’d pictured them, with the exception of Ruth!) But it was good enough…
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The food at the bistro was in the Three Pines books.
I think it’s possible that you’ll like the Dark Winds series. The native characters are native actors. I read a lot of reviews and there were some criticisms from some Navajo. Overall, it appears that most reviews agree it’s a lot better by far than earlier attempts to make movies of Hillerman books. The acting is superb, for us.
We three in my house found season 1 deeply compelling, and it propelled me back to re read the 3 books that the series is combining. We watched the season 1 episodes several times. It’s not a simple plot to follow. That’s good for us here! We also ended up buying season 1 on DVDsbecause we know we will watch over several times.
I did explain to our young adult son that Manuelita does end up in the book series married to Chee, whom her mom calls “cheeseburger.”
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I enjoyed Dark Winds season 1. Hadn’t read the books so no preconceived notions. It definitely requires focus.
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I love Dark Winds! Loved most of the books too.
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Is this the precursor of the WAYW thread?
