Her obvious discomfort in crowds or groups of people makes her answers short, and while this can be telling, it also limits what the audience is able to glean about her. On the other hand, the nature of Frances’ character and her lack of vulnerability at the beginning of the story necessitates a certain closed-off attitude that can be hard to identify with when it’s seen only on-screen and from the outside. The dialogue and prose both flow naturally, and that smooth flow from plot beat to plot beat is mimicked in the TV series as well. Dialogue is an important part of the book, but author Sally Rooney made the interesting and notable decision to leave out quotation marks, merging the plot seamlessly with discussions between characters. The novel is an easy read, fittingly written in a conversational tone from the point of view of Frances ( Alison Oliver). The faithful adaptation doesn’t just get most of the facts right. Small changes like Bobbi’s ( Sasha Lane) nationality changing from Irish to American, turning emails into texts, and slight differences in character interactions change the dynamic between them only slightly for the most part, and the plot is largely the same: A love square between four complicated people who gradually try to find their ways again. As far as book to film adaptations go, the 2022 BBC miniseries Conversations With Friends stays refreshingly true to the source material with only a few minor alterations.
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