The Thursday Murder Club: how not to adapt a book

The world is quite ludicrously disappointing at the moment, so I’ve been taking refuge in television. It hasn’t helped. I had, admittedly, been primed to be annoyed with Netflix’s feature-length adaptation of The Thursday Murder Club – not because I don’t like the book but because I do. Author Richard Osman has an obvious fascination with people and their foibles,…

Source: https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/film/2025/09/the-thursday-murder-club-how-not-to-adapt-a-book