You may already have read early reviews of Netflix’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion saying it’s ‘the worst adaptation ever’ as well as ‘mortifying’ and ‘a travesty’, but I know you won’t believe it unless you hear it from me, so here you are: it is truly horrible. I would also add that everyone involved should probably be sent to prison.
Deborah Ross
Everyone involved should be in prison: Netflix’s Persuasion reviewed
Not for life, but until we could be confident they’d learned the error of their ways and there was minimal risk of reoffending

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