There is much to like about this series...and unlike some other reviewers, I have not read the novel on which it is based.
The young actress playing Giovanna is quite good, and she is especially good when scowling, which is frequently. Her aunt Vittoria comes across as a self-centered ditz, always with a cigarette, with little explanation of why Andrea (her brother) has been so estranged from her all these years. The mother, Nella, seems to epitomize "long suffering." But what I found disconcerting was that in the final Episode 6: Truth, we learn that prior to this episode Giovanna was only 15 years old, that her recent man-crush Matteo (?) is actually a professor in Milan (who enjoyed sleeping one of friends, Angela...something Giovanna learns on they visit Milan together).
Since we don't know what year the story is set in, it's not clear if his fondness for underage women (girls?) is frowned upon, especially since there are many other grating examples of misogyny throughout. The train cars are older, the girls don't have cell phones (and use a pay phone), but the Ferrari certainly is contemporary, even if not this year's model.
Central to the series story is a silver bracelet that Vittoria supposedly gave to Giovanna at her birth, a bracelet she claims she never knew of or received. Turns out her father gave it to the woman he has been having an affair with for many years, and eventually after the affair become public knowledge, she returns it to Giovanna. But it moves around some more, and plays a role in Act 6. Curiously, this bracelet is also seen at the bottom of the ocean in the pre-title sequence that introduces the entire series.
Bottom line, not for me. Your mileage may vary.
The young actress playing Giovanna is quite good, and she is especially good when scowling, which is frequently. Her aunt Vittoria comes across as a self-centered ditz, always with a cigarette, with little explanation of why Andrea (her brother) has been so estranged from her all these years. The mother, Nella, seems to epitomize "long suffering." But what I found disconcerting was that in the final Episode 6: Truth, we learn that prior to this episode Giovanna was only 15 years old, that her recent man-crush Matteo (?) is actually a professor in Milan (who enjoyed sleeping one of friends, Angela...something Giovanna learns on they visit Milan together).
Since we don't know what year the story is set in, it's not clear if his fondness for underage women (girls?) is frowned upon, especially since there are many other grating examples of misogyny throughout. The train cars are older, the girls don't have cell phones (and use a pay phone), but the Ferrari certainly is contemporary, even if not this year's model.
Central to the series story is a silver bracelet that Vittoria supposedly gave to Giovanna at her birth, a bracelet she claims she never knew of or received. Turns out her father gave it to the woman he has been having an affair with for many years, and eventually after the affair become public knowledge, she returns it to Giovanna. But it moves around some more, and plays a role in Act 6. Curiously, this bracelet is also seen at the bottom of the ocean in the pre-title sequence that introduces the entire series.
Bottom line, not for me. Your mileage may vary.