A review by jadziadax
Victoria by Daisy Goodwin

3.0

I LOVED the TV series. Goodwin and co masterfully bring to life the spirit of the Victorian age and Jenna Coleman (who I adore) is amazing as the queen.

The book...it was fine. But it was mostly dialogue and scenes right from the show. And...the extra scenes. Well, some I could've done without. Victoria's crush on Melbourne and his kindness toward her was charming and a little heartrending in the TV show, but in the book it came off...kinda creepy. Age wise (slight trigger here and in the book for creepy guys liking young (young!) women)
SpoilerI'm thinking of the scene where he goes to a brothel and picks out the prostitute that is near the age of Victoria (18-20). He doesn't go through with it, but it makes it as though Melbourne likes her cause of her age...in the series, it's more 'she likes him romantically and he like her a lot as person but not romantically' or even stretched to...he does have a romantic draw to her, but it's almost a soulmate thing and he knows he is too old for her. In the book I felt weird and unsettled that he seemed attracted to her age? ugh