I started reading this on the same day that I began watching the HBO miniseries (The Undoing) based on it. Both the novel and the series are good, but very different. The series plays up the psychological thriller aspect of the story, and, once the crime at the centre of the plot takes place, the series takes us on a different path from the book.

In the book, the protagonist, Grace (played by Nicole Kidman in the series) is, to me, not as likeable as the TV character. She seems stiffer, colder, less friendly and approachable. Also, more judgemental and more snobbish.

However, I liked how the book revealed more about the way Grace's husband Jonathan (Sachs in the book, Fraser in the series) operated, and the extent to which he deceived the people in his life, about one another and himself.

The book was more concerned with showing how Grace and her son Henry coped with life after their world was shattered by what Jonathan did and provides closure in terms of their future. The series was more concerned with Jonathan's mind games and how he attempted to manipulate everyone during the course of his trial, which we get to see -- we don't, in the novel.

I recommend both series and book. They are both entertaining, and the series is acted well. Hugh Grant is creepy as hell, and Nicole Kidman is enthralling. Her clothes are also wonderful!

The book had me hooked from the first line, although I had finished the series and knew more or less what was coming.