3 stars

look this book wasn't bad, but it certainly wasn't the play.

personally, I didn't care to see any of the other perspectives of the characters, I didn't need to know anything about Nate and Louisa, I didn't care to see Mr Johnson's drover friend's traumatic backstories, and spoilers ahead

Spoiler

I certainly didn't need to read that many pages of Molly constantly being brutalised, and this time in front of her damn kid before she was tried for murder and hung

3 stars

look, this book wasn't bad- but it certainly wasn't the play.

personally, I didn't care to see any of the other perspectives of the characters, I didn't need to know anything about Nate and Louisa, I didn't care to see Mr Johnson's drover friend's traumatic backstories, and huge massive spoilers for the end ahead

Spoiler

I certainly didn't need to read that many pages of Molly constantly being brutalised, and this time in front of her damn kid before she was tried for murder and hung

genuinely, this could've been half the length and twice as fun, or the same length with more insight into molly herself or even into her family or yadaka, but certainly not into the people who didn't have much significance in purcell's original play or didn't even exist in it.