Anyone else watching Strike

I thought it was a 3 part series so recorded it and sort of watched it last night. Sort of as I kept fast forwarding the interminable boring bits. Not impressed at all.

I would personally prefer it if they kept us guessing with regards to their relationship. I shall be disappointed if they get together. ( he is rather attractive with that twinkle in his eye.)

I have not read any of the books so I have found it all to be a tad confusing. I enjoyed the previous series but the plot is ridiculous in this one.

Is it worth watching?I'm confused.

Well he is rather dishy ?

nandalot whose Simone ?

We loved the other programmes in this series, but Lethal White has just frustrated us so much, we decided not to watch last night's episode. The main characters are lovely, but all this "will she, won't she" stuff gets a bit tedious!

I’m told by a friend that the book is good and the story in the tv series has been changed somewhat. I’m enjoying it
Though as is DH. Haven’t read the book but did read all the others and will probably get Lethal White now. Might help me understand the plot better!

I’m watching, and I watched the last series too.

‘ some’ and ‘haven’t’ of course. Thought “Shall I preview ? No I am sure it’s ok. “ I was wrong.

Well, we are enjoying it and looking forward to the next (last?) episode. I agree that Cormoran is not as portrayed in the books but I am getting used to the actor now. I suppose he had to be a bit more attractive so that the ‘ will they won’t they?’ storyline is more plausible. The implausibility of Simone of the other parts of the plot have nt bothered me.

Strike suffers from the same problems as the Harry Potter films. They always have to cut out so much of the plot to make it fit the time available that it's like watching a shorthand version of the book. If you haven't read the books it must be very difficult to work out what's happening because really important chunks of plot get left out. I've just read that the next book is 966 pages! Longer than The Mirror And The Light!

I have given up on it now.

Yes, Calendargirl I read Bouquet of BW fifty (!) years ago. That particular detail must have made a lasting impression even though I remember nothing of the novel.

Sorry kittylester I saw him in an Hercule Poirot film, so there ya boo

Well I’m glad about the charitable donation. That’s a very good reason, if one were needed, to watch the last episode and even to look out for the next series and to see a lot more of Cormoran

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Just wanted to say that JKR donates all monies received in connection with The Strike books etc to injured servicemen. And if I had to look for something small a woman had hidden, the sanitary protection would be my first port of call, especially if hiding the item from a bloke. Lethal White was not my favourite of the four books but I love the two main characters.

Years ago, in ‘Bouquet of Barbed Wire’, ( the raunchy Andrea Newman story), one of the characters talked about hiding stuff in her tampax box or similar, to foil any burglars.

I think most of us agree we love the main characters but think the plot and storyline is too fanciful and unbelievable to enjoy
Ahh well I ll just look at Comoran then

Just wanted to say that JKR donates all monies received in connection with The Strike books etc to injured servicemen. And if I had to look for something small a woman had hidden, the sanitary protection would be my first port of call, especially if hiding the item from a bloke. Lethal White was not my favourite of the four books but I love the two main characters.

sodapop

Pistols at dawn then BlueBelle but we have competition from Maggiemaybe

Errrr!! I saw him first in the Musketeers!!

Pistols at dawn then BlueBelle but we have competition from Maggiemaybe

Was going to watch it, not sure now!

We’ve just been watching the first series of The Bridge on catch up, which I enjoyed at first, but the plot seemed to be getting more and more convoluted and harder to follow (especially if I’ve nodded off on the sofa!) and frankly just too far fetched.

A catch-up watch we did really enjoy - not too drawn out or convoluted - was What Remains, but that was a while ago now.

I watched the first three episodes yesterday and enjoyed the story line and the characters very much. I’m looking forward to watching the other episodes on iPlayer.

I side with those who said the plot was unrealistic. Too much one dimensional bias.
In fact nearly everything about it is a let down, apart from the two main actors. Even then I feel there is no actual sexual tension between the characters
Would it even be entertained if the writer was unknown?

I gave up with it. I wanted to like it, but just didn't.