I've been watching The Man in the High Castle, the alternative history series on Prime based on Phillip K Dick's novel of the same name and which (I think) got pretty favourable reviews when it first started.
I've seen 4 (maybe 5?) episodes now, and while I initially enjoyed the novelty of the scenario, I am prepared to abandon it.
Looking at an imagined Nazi New York and Japanese California (and the desolate bit of the country in the middle) is cool for a while, but the plotting has slowed down and I'm not finding much of a reason to keep following the story.
The main problem is that it's too much of a bleak monotone, and none of the main characters seem particularly charming, or interesting, really. I did once start reading the novel and couldn't get into it, either: maybe I was just distracted with other stuff at the time, since I have read and enjoyed quite a bit of Dick's other work, and the novel won many awards, so you would think I would like it.
But, sorry - not finding it engaging enough.
I didn't like the novel much either. It seemed uncharacteristically monotone for Dick, less of a plot than a 'well here's a depressing supposal'....
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