Girls in Love

yrs 9's are not babies I'm in yr 9!! Some girls in this year do actually act like this. i cant believe the producers or whoever casted the show hired 16-20yr olds to play 13-14 yr olds!! and to the comment above the show cannot be exactly like the book, you cant hire actors/actresses that match the descriptions in the book exactly. Adam Paul Harvey now stars in an ITV drama called "where he heart is" and only looks 16, i cant believe he is 20!! I wonder what olivia (ellie), zaraah (magda) and nadine (amy) will be doing in a couple years time, i don't think they'll still be in this show, i hope they produce another show based on another one of jacqueline wilsons great books!! x

I totally agree with Kate - Girls In Love is nothing like the books! I've got all the books at home and Ellie is meant to be plump, bespectacled girl with frizzy brown hair. How come other programmes and films that are adapted from books do try to find actors and actresses that fit the characters, but on this particular Jacqueline Wilson book, they get it wrong! Harry Potter, for example, the characters look similar to how the characters are described in the books. Also, I'm not racist 'cause I'm black myself, but in the books, Magda's supposed to be a blonde-haired white girl! I'm VERY sure they couldn't change the race of a character in another book, like the Harry Potter books just because the casting director wants to! The story lines in the series are different too. I much prefer The Story of Tracy Beaker, The Illustrated Mum and the recent Best Friends, all of which are true to Jacqueline's books. Anyway, all that said, the series is still very enjoyable, as long as you cast a blind eye on the irregularities in the series and don't expect it to be just like the books.

I am very disappointed with this, mainly, as other people said, Ellie's appearance. I believe Ellie's appearance is very important because she always puts herself down about her body, her hair, her glasses. The Ellie on TV is nothing like that. She's thin, straight hair, no boobs, nothing - NOTHING LIKE ELLIE! Ellie was supposed to be someone we could all relate to, but I really can't relate to her character on TV. Also, I don't regard TV Ellie as a witty, clever, wonderful person as I regard the book Ellie. Instead, I regard her as whiny, overacting and just plain annoying - I don't relate to her, I don't side with her. As other people have said, you expect characters to look slightly like the character in the book, but in this case, they are nothing alike at all. Another thing is that Magda magically changed from white to black. I don't mind the new Magda but it's definitely not as I imagined her to be. I imagined the dad older and Anna completely differently. Maybe I am being picky, but this TV series doesn't really seem true to the books at all, which is really sad because it could have been really good.

As a lover of the Girls in Love series and many of Jaqueline Wilson books, I am tremendously disappointed in this untrue adaptation of a funny, clever novel. I suggest you stick with the books!

"Girls in Love" was excellent. Being a teen girl myself, it was thoroughly enjoyable to know that people were going through worse dilemmas than me!

One thing which some people found disappointing was that it didn't remain true to the book. Having not read that particular book in the trilogy, I am forbidden to comment. But I must say that, faithful or not, it was great. Besides, they did say that it was only "based on" the book.

I hope they bring "Girls in Love" to new heights in the near future.

Girls in love is a brilliant way to spend half hour, however, I have to admit that it is extremely irritating that the details in the program aren't similar to those of the book series. Also, when I first saw girls in love, I thought that the girls were in like yr 10 or 11 and I was amazed that they were supposed to be in year 9 and 13. I, being in year 9, know that these girls act much older than a year 9 girl. However, the series is easy to relate to and does portray most of the problems that a teenage girl has to face. Its also a laugh and a great series to watch and I am very much looking forward to the second lot of episodes. However, there is another point, why get a boy who looks 15 to play a 17 year old? I am talking about Russell, the actor does not look like he's playing a 17 year old. Oh well, apart from those points, its a great show!