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When I started watching this show, I had literally no expectations since the little I had heard about the book wasn't that good. But it was an excellent surprise! The mystery of what happened to the protagonist, her pain and confusion trying to remember the year before and her sweet romance was incredibly hooking. It took me basically one sitting to watch it all. Emily Alyn Lynd does an excellent job as a trauma survivor and is able to made me sympathize with her pain despite of my reality being as far as possible from a white rich girl. I liked most of the other actors, too, and my only reason to not giving 10 stars is the unnecessary length of the show giving the fact that there were not so much plot beside of what happened to the protagonist. But, in sum, I was completely hooked from the start and entirely devastated at the ending of it.

I want to say that I think the majority of people who are disappointed in this didn't read the book or don't know that its based off of a book. For those complaining about the writing, it was a young adult novel that was a pretty average book to begin with. I read it as a teacher because my middle school girls were obsessed with it for a period of time. It's creative and not perfect. I think this is a solid adaptation of a pretty good book. I just hate to see some people giving the show so much hate. For those of you who read and came here first to check out reviews, see if you can get a hold of the book and read it before watching the show!

I grew up as one of the "poorer" cousins to old money from the east, so I am very familiar with the mindset, settings, attitudes, and behaviors of the wealthy. So far this does, in fact, portray them accurately. Yes they pretend to be perfect, but are far from it in reality. Maybe they're not portrayed favorably, as some critics would hope for, but accurately. I'm not here for that though, what I am here for is the mystery of regaining memories, rediscovering family, and character growth/development. Even though some people seem to be too idealistic in their views of the world, that's how some people are. I didn't get the sense that this show is being preachy at all. One character's views are not propped up as the only correct view. People believe different things, share different insights, get upset over petty issues, and it all comes together in a kaleidoscope of personalities. And "news flash" most people are disgusting, fallible, and stupid, whether they are in a trailer park, or in a mansion. It's just that some mask it better than others, and some try to control things so much to overcompensate for it, that the control bleeds over into invading the lives of others. I think if anything, so far, the show tells us that lies have consequences, no matter who you are. That is universal.

The four major roles - Cady, Gat, Mirrin and Johnny are cast with actors that are too old to play 16-year-old teenagers. Shubham Maheshwari, who plays Gat, is 29. The actresses who play Cady and Mirrin are 23 and the actor who plays Johnny is 20. The carriage and maturity between a 16-year- old and a 23-year-old is very different. It shows.

The mothers are only 10 years older than their actor children. Again, it shows.

The other thing that is unrealistic is how money grubbing the three sister's characters are. If they hate each other so much, they wouldn't spend the summer's together. And not every person with money just wants money. The patriarch is also a horrible person, also all about money. I think the author or screenwriters are writing about a world they don't know or understand. Very shallow writing.

The scenery is pretty, the premise bizarre. Issues that could have been explored were ignored. Other issues - like grief, privilege and race were dealt with badly.

This show is not convincing on so many levels, so I say - it is a miss.

Prior to watching this I'd never heard of the book or had heard any advertising for the show so I didn't know what to expect.

Throughout the show viewers are left wondering was there foul play with Candace accident, was it a family member out for revenge, was it truly an accident? Although the show is quite slow, I enjoyed it most of the time. The acting was decent, the script was good, and love the messy family drama. Overall the show would be maybe a 5/10 until the ending.

The ending was something I would've never guessed, and I'm here for it. Not only do we get closure on Candace's accident, we're left with an introduction into a storyline that if it gets approved will answer many of the other questions brought up throughout the show.

Overall if you're looking for a good show to watch in your downtime that you don't have to pay super close attention too, this is the one!