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Lisa asked this question about The Cruelest Month (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #3):
Will there be further televised episodes following Still Life?
Violetteanne I didn't care for the Acorn version. It was too rushed. The casting was pretty good with everyone looking pretty much how I envisioned them even Agent…moreI didn't care for the Acorn version. It was too rushed. The casting was pretty good with everyone looking pretty much how I envisioned them even Agent Nichol.

I love Nathaniel Parker as Gamache. I liked him as Inspector Lynley. That was perfect casting.

I didn't like how Myrna was treated as an after thought. Her conversation with Gamache was crucial to the story but in this TV version she didn't say a word. We see her bringing in one of her centerpieces once and it was so brief if you haven't read the book it makes her come off as a maid helping set the table. The actress looked nothing like Myrna is described in the book but I could've let that slide if they'd given the character her due and let her talk. They didn't even show her book store. Garbi, the other large person in the series was merely chubby here but at least he got to talk.

If they are making another TV adaptation I hope they correct what to me was a glaring omission.

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