My Policeman

UPDATE SEP 24TH, 2022: Yeah, they fucked up.

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Accessible reading but deep and intricate character writing. After finishing, I distanced myself from the book and saw a beautiful patchwork. Quite re-readable, has a lot of passages that would benefit greatly of a second read. Loved how the writer was able to perfectly display a person filled with regret attempting to make ends meet with their past without villanizing the person while also not running away from the facts that led all of them into such condition. That's one hell of a feat, really. I've seen some opinions around here on how Marion is basically the main character but she's not a marginalized character and that's bad but I strongly disagree with this.

If this gets a good adaptation, I can already see a “3 Academy Awards Nominee” including Best Actress for Marion??. Not sure how the hell they would adapt this, though? Even if they do a literal adaptation, including character's voice overs and all of that, they'll probably have to remove a lot of stuff. It's a book that would benefit greatly of a miniseries format, with a slow and drawn out atmosphere - and with that I can already think of names like Luca Guadagnino, Claire Denis or Jean-Marc Vall??e (RIP) -, movie seems quite risky. Also the director is a big “who?”, just because he's a good theatre director doesn't mean he might be a good film director and his movie Genius (2016) is a proof of that.

So yeah, dangerous. Still curious for it though.

?? Actually, I think they'll probably tone down a lot of Marion's fantasies to avoid generalized hate from the public