I mean, it was to be suspected that a lot of Dutch readers of this wonderful book by Tonke Dragt would feel obliged to be negative about the TV series. Fans sometimes forget that movies or TV series that are based on books should be reviewed separately, on their own. You can see that people that haven't read the book are overall very enthusiastic, at this point of time they all have given 10 stars. I read the book when I was a child as well and I loved it. The series is very very different but I I am really loving it so far! It is definitely worth a try!!