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title: "Codename Villanelle: The Basis of KILLING EVE, the Hit BBC America TV Series (Killing Eve, 1)"
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# Codename Villanelle: The Basis of KILLING EVE, the Hit BBC America TV Series (Killing Eve, 1)

**Brand:** mulholland books
**Price:** $78
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## Customer Reviews

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    A rare instance where the adaptation is better
  

*by K***R on Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2018*

"Killing Eve" is my new favorite show, so I was excited to find out it was based on a book! While I am grateful to Mr. Jennings for inspiring the series with his work, I have to say the show is superior to its origin.

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    Skip the book. Watch the show, it's much better.
  

*by M***B on Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2018*

Skip the book. Watch the show. Somewhat exciting but never on the edge of my seat. It was liberally peppered with designer names, popular artists (to the point that it frustratingly pulled me out of the story), but missed opportunities to describe details. For example, it described Villanelle's pants then said she was wearing a "Miu Miu sweater." Not a color, texture or sleeve length, just designer. Is this product placement? Is the author looking for freebies? And there's a "Nikki Minaj song." It was excessive and made me realize how temporary this book is supposed to be. It's like reading a book written in the 70's that describes a club scene where the girl is wearing plaid bell bottoms and the floor is full of people dancing to Afternoon Delight. It's embarrassing at most, distracting at least. On the bright side, you get a little bit of Villanelle's history, which I've either missed in the series or it hasn't been described yet, but likely will. Really, don't spend the money on the book. The series is much better (and I've only seen the first 2 episodes). In addition, Sandra Oh's Eve is much more brilliant/funny/sassy than the author's. The book lacks character development to an extreme degree.

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    Fans of the TV version can totally skip the book.
  

*by R***Y on Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2019*

As a total admirer of the BBCA television series "Killing Eve," which is based on this, and as someone who is so often the "but the book was better" guy when it comes to adaptations, I wanted to like this book so much more than I did.This is just a standard spy thriller, a bit on the dull side, with one-dimensional characters and a meandering plot.  In the book's version of the world Eve is after Villanelle not because of the appealing self-questioning or confused obsessiveness Sandra Oh's Eve displays, but simply because she's the good-spy character who is angry that her colleague was killed by the baddie.  The book's Villanelle is not the badass mischievous psychopath infatuated with her pursuer as Jodie Comer plays the role, but just another unexcitingly-written assassin who has some dull sex scenes with strangers in between killing people and musing over her tragic past of killing people.  The barely-written-at-all supporting cast are also nowhere near as interesting as the TV versions; prepare for the thrilling adventures of stock spy colleague, stock hacker kid, stock assassin guy, stock Chinese person, and so on.  This book is "Killing Eve" minus anything that made the TV series interesting.It's obvious that, while this novel was used as a starting point, the real charm of "Killing Eve" comes from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jodie Comer, Sandra Oh, and the rest of the cast and crew adding real depth, spark, charm, and appeal to the characters and settings.  This novel is basically the rough-draft pencil sketch of a masterpiece painting, better completed by others.

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