It's not an over-exaggeration to say that Big Little Lies took over my life this past week. I wanted to watch the HBO show, but not until I read the book. The holds list at my library was a tad too long, so I started the audiobook and after a few days it became abundantly clear that that wasn't going to suffice. I didn't even want to go to the store to buy the paperback, so I shelled out for the kindle version which I almost never do. I didn't have work yesterday, which was part of the problem/solution. I finished reading the book by 3 pm and I started the miniseries around 5 pm. Accounting for dinner and paying some sort of attention to my husband, I finished the miniseries far later than my usual bedtime. This whole incredibly boring and specific account is meant to say--Big Little Lies is exactly my kind of book crack. I don't think I've felt this way since I started the Twilight series during finals week of my junior year of college. It became a *thing* that I had to get out of my system. And now it's done, which is good for my real life, but part of me misses it already. 
 And now, a few spoiler-y thoughts on the book AND show. (You've been warned.) 
 (view spoiler)[Hoooo boy. I'm obviously thrilled by that ending. I kept thinking Madeline was going to die and I know that's a little bit what Moriarty wanted to you think, so I kept reminding myself that she was probably going to be fine. (In the Sex and the City style of taxonomy, I'm a Madeline. For better or worse.) I liked that the show gave Madeline her own dirty secret, but I wish they'd spent less time dealing with the theater douche. In terms of Celeste's story, I thought the book did a better job than the series of showing the impact that the abuse had on her mental state. TV Bonnie was way better than Book Bonnie, but they made her a real person and cast Zoe Kravitz, both of which were winning moves. I have a thing for Zoe Kravtiz, but, like, who doesn't? 
 I wish that they'd give more of these huge female-centric adaptations to women directors and writers. The team behind the show did a good job, but there's stuff I would have done differently. (Like, include the part in Jane's rape where he's verbally berating her. That was such a powerful part of the book and they alluded to it in the show, but it lost its power.) That being said, hooray for high-profile adaptation of literature that's commonly thought of as "beach reading." If you watched the show, what did you think? (hide spoiler)]