Reviews

As a girl who grew up during that era and is also around the same age as the actresses, I can completely understand what they were trying to do with creating this show and found it mirrored so much of my own experiences growing up during the same time period. Being able to relate to their characters is why I found the show enjoyable.

I understand the complaints some people have, but I feel like it comes from a lack of understanding of the source material the show is based on (growing up as a middle school girl in the early 2000s). The two main actresses are adults because these two women also created the show which also happens to be based off of their own lives and experiences growing up in the early 2000s.

I personally loved it and enjoyed the stories they chose to tell. If your mind is stuck in a place where people different than you need to hide who they truly are, then kindly build yourself a time machine and head on back to 1950.

It was an interesting story but felt very underdeveloped. It's probably has one of the most unsatisfying endings to the run of them mill "family in a mysterious house" thriller flick. There was a lot of emotional build up between characters that was ultimately meaningless and literally went no where. The backstories of the characters seemed important (why put seemingly important information in a movie if it's not ever going to be expanded on?) but then nothing else is ever acknowledged after these dramatic moments.

It was like they started filming it and never got to finish it so they had to wrap it up in the most mundane cop-out of an ending ever.

Binged this in about a day. Yeah yeah, its mainly only teenagers this season (because that's the plot line y'all) and while that may not be everyone's cup of tea (i'm looking at you low-voters complaining about the age of the characters), its realistic that a large group of teenagers being stuck in a world alone together are going to have teenage problems, they're not adults so don't try to treat them like they're supposed to be. Also, I find it unfair to rate/review a series until you have finished the full thing. Its just a little pretentious to have such strong opinions about something you didn't put any time or effort into finishing.

Its not just rich kids/poor kids, popular kids/unpopular kids, its a full range of characters with different viewpoints and personalities that many times clash. I find that when comparing the range of characters to the nine alignments (lawful good, chaotic neutral, neutral evil, etc), you can find at least one character that fits into one of the alignments, creating an interesting dynamic throughout the group and storyline.

The story was all together interesting and entertaining to watch. While they give you clues throughout the episodes about what may have happened to them the last episode leaves you with even more questions. I am certainly eager to know what happens and hope that it does get a second season.

All in all, if you're looking for something entertaining with a dash of mystery, definitely give it a watch. However, if you're not at all a fan of shows with a primarily teenage cast and that is a show ruiner for you, skip it.