Is Colin & Penelope’s Romance better in book or show? (Romancing Mister Bridgerton Season 3 Review)

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Is Colin & Penelope’s Romance better in book or show? (Romancing Mister Bridgerton Season 3 Review)

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2 ай бұрын

Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) star in Netflix's Bridgerton season 3, following in the footsteps of Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) and Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley), and Simon Basset (Regé-Jean Page) and Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor).
In this video, I discuss and compare the differences in major relationship milestones for Colin and Penelope's love story in the book "Romancing Mister Bridgerton" and season 3 of the Netflix series: their meet-cute, "I would never marry Penelope," first kiss, hand cut, and carriage scene.
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@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

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@amychristenson1674 2 ай бұрын

I just miss all of the Lady Danbury and Penelope interactions from the book. Maybe we are more than we think we are. Lady Danbury sees Penelope. It is everything.

@dii_omeguh43 2 ай бұрын

I miss their interactions too. Lady Danbury knew all along that Penelope was Lady Whistledown.

@pascalfernandes6957 2 ай бұрын

In the Show ther was literly no time for them to k ewig each other. It makes more sense to have this in future seasonw

@amandajmb6228 Ай бұрын

I completely agree. I loved the way the "Dragon" that the whole ton feared mentored Penelope and they discovered each other.

@felicialewis7969 2 ай бұрын

I didnt like how physically aggressive he was in the books, but the overall story was better

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

Agreed, no physical aggression between love interests unless it's a fun, consensual kind!! ‼️

@gloriagi9499 2 ай бұрын

I didn't particularly enjoy that part either, but I can kind of imagine why the author went about him in that way - he was built up to an impossible standard and put on a pedestal in Penelope's mind. She didn't know the real him, because he was wearing a veneer of jovial politeness, easygoing attitude and charming smile. But he's a real human (within that fictional world) and had to be exposed for the flaws and insecurities he had, so we can see him overcoming them for her sake. If he was perfect, like Penelope imagined him to be, then it wouldn't be realistic that he wouldn't have fallen in love with her years ago, since she hadn't changed that much. Him having a temper (which surprised himself even) was a shock to the system and allowed Penelope to stand up for herself and show her true colours as a confident dignified woman, who took pride in her life's work and who had the right to defend it (with some help from lady Danbury as to the confidence boost). They both had to prove/showcase they were deserving of eachother, otherwise the coupling wouldn't have been believable with all the prior information we had about the characters. And obviously some drama was necessary to raise the stakes, so we can arrive at the culmination of "I-love-yous" and whatnot.

@lesyablackbird 2 ай бұрын

@@gloriagi9499 well said. i enjoyed it because of this.

@MatuAndrade 2 ай бұрын

Facts!

@barbarafrings9231 2 ай бұрын

@@gloriagi9499 Agree!

@ReeniEspino 2 ай бұрын

"A kiss is for two people" is my favorite line from the book, hands down. It sets Colin apart from his rake brothers and shows that he appreciates Pen's full participation from Pen

@notevenfunny_ 2 ай бұрын

The show is better purely for the reason that I can accept this behaviour from a 22 year old man but never from a 33(?) year old man like he is in the book. Also, people do not realise that he did no amount of grovelling in the books, just a lot of huffing and puffing. Though I’m only halfway through the books, they got together with no amount of yearning from that man. At least we got one episode and a half episodes of that from the show and it was in subtle ways that not a lot of people realise (maybe that could mean that it was too subtle?)

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

I don't accept that level of anger/aggression for any man over the age of 7. 😂

@notevenfunny_ 2 ай бұрын

@@LadyJenevia Exactly! You get it! It’s actually almost contradictory to the characterisation Penelope (and by extension, Quinn) gives him…how can he be kind yet aggressive towards you, babe? So glad they toned down his anger in the show

@notevenfunny_ 2 ай бұрын

Also, didn’t like how Colin always knew Penelope had feelings for him in the book, because it truly doesn’t make sense to me, especially with how much longer their friendship lasted in the book. You telling me you always knew your friend held romantic feelings for you but never questioned your own feelings for her? And if you had questioned it before and the previous conclusion before the kiss was you didn’t have feelings for her, what changed your mind now? I don’t know, that part of the book bothers me so much, because it’s either he’s a jerk who’s stringing her along until he’s ready to settle down or bad writing on the part of Julia. At least in the show, he didn’t question his feelings for her because he had no reason to because he didn’t know about Pen’s feelings, and the kiss makes him realise he’s always had feelings for her because it makes him start questioning his feelings for her. Might show Colin actually be a clueless demisexual?

@jasminda2401 2 ай бұрын

Everything I read reminds me that it's a good idea to avoid the books.

@disruptivevoib 2 ай бұрын

The book yearning for Pen or his realization is also like. THREE DAYS max irc. Versus the WEEKS it is in the show, which feels sooo much better? for a friends to lovers trope where all the angst and anxiety of it is earnt from the tension of yearning and worrying about your friendship or messing it up. Its CRAZY that they just. yeah??

@360shadowmoon 2 ай бұрын

Agree that some of the book scenes are better than in the show. It seems like the book gave Penelope more dignity, which would have been nice to see in the show. Especially love how Book Penelope handled the "I will never marry Penelope Featherington" scene.

@evelina2619 2 ай бұрын

I sometimes fail to feel the Polin chemistry in the show during scenes with sexual tension, but their chemistry shines through in every scene where they're just talking.

@patmeal 2 ай бұрын

Same! When they're laughing together I love the vibe so much and want to keep buying what they're selling. But the sexual tension stuff not so much. Which baffles me because they are both objectively beautiful looking people and I am usually so easy with onscreen couples. I really can't figure it out.

@simplesimply3753 Ай бұрын

@@patmealI’m glad I’m not the only one that sees them fade when it comes to sexual tension.

@gabrielleduplessis7388 2 ай бұрын

Luke newton bringing up the books in almost every interview is spectacular to me because he really cares about his character and the source material. And I can see those subtle book nods he adds with his character even if it just his eyes and facial expressions. I also love when the rest of the cast brings up the books as well. It is nice seeing how important these characters are to them. I do agree with you. The journals are better in the book than in the show. They were actually about his travels and quinn did not try to make him look like a rake.

@rdstory7781 2 ай бұрын

Carriage. Fingers.

@dl2725 2 ай бұрын

Oh, you just made me realize something the show picked up from the books-subtly, quietly: Penelope never does tell anyone she wants Colin to ask her to marry him. The audience can clock it right away, and Marina confronts/accuses Pen of feeling it. But show Pen never utters a word about it to anyone. The closest she comes is to Colin himself at the end of S1, but she “forgets” what she was going to tell him

@beckyh1802 2 ай бұрын

I like the show better. I like that they didn’t wait so long,I like their lighthearted relationship and joking around and gossiping. it seems like he is more aggressive and outraged in the book for kinda stupid reasons. I like how in the show he is more emotional and sensitive like highly empathetic people in the world how they try to live their life for others and doesn’t take time to notice themselves. It seems like it was a last resort in the book for them and Penelope deserves more than that. I also like how in the show Collin is remembering their meeting and how she “teased him mercilessly, in fact” that was adorable 🥰yea it would have been nice to get a flashback, but I’m happy with how they executed that scene. I agree that the balloon scene was pretty stupid, should have been made a little more dramatic like she was physically caught on something not that she just chose not to move lol 😂cracked me up though in the behind the scenes where Nicola is like “well in the world of bridgerton horniness is more important than survival so she just stands there” lol seems about right 😂

@meka94 2 ай бұрын

I actually didn't like anything about Colin because I know nothing about Colin. He is so blanked and spaced out. His sleeping around barley exists in the book to that degree. He's given me the ick honestly. He doesn't know who he is and he hasn't given reason for nw to care for when he finds out. The book is much better imo. I actually liked his little praise kink and funny exerpts in the book.

@Alina-kb1qf 2 ай бұрын

Bravo! ❤

@Waywardwindfall 2 ай бұрын

The book did a lot of telling and not much showing. I never saw that Colin was lighthearted and fun. He was always distressed in the book. I like how in this show he’s goofy in love. In the book he’s acting like he was sentenced to marry her. However, the book does so much to show how hard he fell for her. Once he sees her as a woman, there is no going back. It all clicks into place and he’s wild for her. The show can still pull that off, but it hasn’t in part 1. ❤❤

@maryarnold9155 2 ай бұрын

I love their chemistry, too. They’re just so rarely on the screen together.

@aoife08619 2 ай бұрын

I think we should have got a scene or two of colin writing about his confusion in his journal and have him marrate it because its hard to get a read on what hes feeling in the show until he says it to penelope. When he was all broody and mopey in his study they could have put it there.

@brynbailey7132 2 ай бұрын

I have seen so many interviews where Nicola fought for certain book scenes and quotes to be included, and I'm so glad she did. She and Luke are doing a fantastic job. I appreciate they knew enough about the source material to know what fans would like vs what they wouldn't, and I'm sorry Luke had to deal with the hate he knew he would get. You can tell both of them took the time to work on their characters and it shows in their performances. I do hate the show dragging out the LW reveal and the whole plot line of Eloise's anger, which didn't exist in the book. It's all unnecessary drama.

@stacystallard4327 2 ай бұрын

I wish they would have used the Lady Danbury angle in the book. She and pen had a real connection. Lady D really liked Pens personality and saw something in her she saw in herself. And she found her a kind soul.

@pampetsas5259 2 ай бұрын

Me too. I also like the Smyth-Smith Musical.

@kellyhaggett2220 2 ай бұрын

This is my formal petition to have you narrate the audio book! I absolutely love the actors playing Penelope and Colin and I think they are doing a bang up job on the show, but the book does a much better job of making me feel connected to them separately and as a couple.

@kellyhaggett2220 2 ай бұрын

I also prefer how Lady Whistledown is handled in the book, as a whole. She, for the most part, uses her powers for good and not to tear people down like in the show. It makes the tension between Penelope and Colin on the issue less toxic and more endearing. She hasnt hurt him or is family in the books. I'd love to hear your thoughts on all of this once the whole season is out and look forward to your videos!

@aoife08619 2 ай бұрын

The show really wanted to run with the 'gossip girl' angle to its detriment

@tanwirahmed3401 2 ай бұрын

I like the show a lot better than the book.

@stacystallard4327 2 ай бұрын

Read the book. Liked it. Didn’t like the 10 year time difference. The show, love it. They condensed it. Pen in the book a pocket Venus. In the show a gorgeous pocket Venus.

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

Definitely not realistic to try to do a 10-year time jump in the show, you'd have to add a bunch of "10 years later" aged up makeup, and probably just outright recast some people (like Gregory and Hyacinth).

@annacalstone610 2 ай бұрын

Love you looking at how the book scenes compare between book version and show version. I can't wait to see if any book scenes crop up in part 2 and if you can give this video a part 2. Thank you for posting to help fill the gap between the parts of the season while we wait for part 2 to drop and get pissed off with all the "spoilers" going round

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

Since a lot of those big relationship moments happened in Part 1 (or the end of season 2) it was a fairly simple decision to cross-compare. 😊

@gabrielleduplessis7388 2 ай бұрын

I cannot choose because the spirit of the book is in the show and this is only part 1 so we are still waiting for scenes fans want from the book. I feel colin is better in the show because we don’t see his temperament and I like how they show how he feels he has to be like his brothers but chooses against that when he is with Penelope. I also like the new dynamic with them with the lessons being a way to make it up to Penelope at first and him finally waking up to his feelings about her. Penelope is more outspoken in both the book and show which makes me happy. I also like how both separately are finding themselves before finally being together romantically.

@caleruelas 2 ай бұрын

I like them both, the book and the serie. But i must say, I prefer Colin in the serie, Book Colin was not likeable.

@justinelord95 2 ай бұрын

I just wish the series had shown us Polins meet cute. The yellow hat incident….it would have been epic!!

@sheromovavasilisa7692 Ай бұрын

Totally. I got through the book imagining the show Colin where it was possible.

@mjjloverdg 2 ай бұрын

I agree with everything you said 100%.. Shonda should have started the season off with the flashback of how Colin and Penelope met each other. Also, they reveal that Penelope. Was lady whistledown too early. I would have not reveal it in season two

@hayes2827 2 ай бұрын

Great video, I enjoyed your analysis. I agree that i wanted more of them ,the best parts are when they're laughing together. I love the willow scene, it'so cute and so them.I am also disappointed that they dragged the Whistledown reveal for drama's sake but I am also not surprised by it it's on par with Shondaland shows.

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

Them being able to just laugh and joke around with each other is something very unique to them, specifically because they're doing the "friends to lovers" concept, so I definitely would've liked to have more of that in Part 1. 🤭✨

@AMoniqueOcampo 2 ай бұрын

Personally, I liked the book more than what I saw of Season 3 so far. Also, I need to mention that I love your clips of Selfie. I seriously miss that show.

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

Selfie is just non-stop jokes and heart and I LOVE THAT 🥳✨

@taminaah7188 2 ай бұрын

I agree some scenes are better in the book and they definitely didnt portray Colin's character very well in the show but show polin is still better than book polin for me. Their dynamic is just better and Penelope is more interesting as a character.

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

Luke and Nicola's friendship works very well to make their character-friendship believable, too! 😊

@gabrielleduplessis7388 2 ай бұрын

I also am with you on the book where the positives outweigh the negatives of the book. There are some iffy things that won’t fly today, but the positives were seeing their friendship and why they loved each other romantically and platonically. We do see what they would do to protect the other one. I also like seeing Colin’s internal monologue (minus the violence) and quinn’s humor. This was the first book in the series where I constantly laughed multiple times. I feel as the series progresses, quinn does try to create healthier dynamics, but sadly so far, I only saw healthy relationships in three of the books. And thank you for recognizing Luke’s and Nichola’s chemistry because I do not understand why some say they don’t have it. Like do they not have eyes?

@mirage_wanderlust4636 2 ай бұрын

Book... I feel like I understand why Penelope feels the way she feels and does what she does around Colin. The show is more showing, then telling/explaining. The books have more build up and growth than show. Plus Polin have more cuter moments of friendship and lovers! However I do like changes in the show, but Polin as a couple is not as strong as the other seasons. But pt. 2 can change my mind! 😊❤️

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

To be fair, this video isn't really about comparing the ENTIRE relationship from book to screen (impossible to do when Part 2 isn't out to the public yet) but more so comparing those specific moments. Asking a broad question works better in a title than trying to list all of those moments in a space that small. 😂

@mirage_wanderlust4636 2 ай бұрын

Girl you're right! I'm just Polin deprived and yearn for more content 🤣 thank you for your videos ❤️

@suezcontours6653 2 ай бұрын

@LadyJenevia Colin us too realistic to be a fantasy like Anthony and Benedict

@poetryqn 2 ай бұрын

I haven't read the books, but you've gone a long way in convincing me I probably should. The character 'development' in the show is annoying, while what you've included of the books makes so much more sense to me. The writers of the third season needed to step away from extraneous storylines and pay closer attention to how the characters appear to be motivated in the books. I am losing interest in Bridgerton as the series goes on, precisely because the characters have become caricatures. Ok, romance novels aren't meant to be War and Peace, but the characters seem to 'flow' better in the book excerpts you've included. Thank you, @LadyJenevia.

@sariande4554 2 ай бұрын

I also prefer the book's version. They could have so easily kept the beats of Polin's romance while fitting them into the broader framework of the show--or, failing that, they could have at least given them more screen time to develop their relationship. Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton are doing a great job, and I want to see more of them. I am also not sure why they seem so keen on humiliating Pen and making Colin less likeable. I am keeping an open mind for part two, but the previews seem to suggest that more public humiliation is in store for Pen. I know that she and Colin will end up together, but it's stressful. 😅 Anyway, terrific video as always!

@aria7046 2 ай бұрын

Wow, I think you've motivated me to read the Bridgeton books. And I'm scared because once I read one, I'll have to read all and they're too many of them. Loved the video!!

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

I didn't like Books 1 and 2 more than seasons 1 and 2. I only read them once each to make videos and most of the details have faded in my memory. I mostly liked book 4 more than season 3 part 1 because of how much more in-depth it goes for Colin and Penelope's love story. I haven't read any of the others. 😂

@ferrypanda 2 ай бұрын

Don’t go in with high expectations! The books aren’t okay but they aren’t that good in my opinion

@karenmattson2365 Ай бұрын

Read the books. I loved the books. I've read them and listened to the audio during covid. The prequels are also good, as are the Smythe, Smith spinoffs in which we see Lady Danbury some more.

@george-and-gracie7996 Ай бұрын

Don't read the books back to back, as they are rather formulaic. I stopped after book 4 because they felt very samey that way. Give yourself breaks between the them.

@carpevinum8645 2 ай бұрын

And yes, we needed & need more cute Polin moments! Nicola and Luke were so well cast.

@aprilm9379 2 ай бұрын

The “falling” in love moments were SO much better in the book, as was the relationship between Pen and Lady Danbury. It was a truly missed storyline.

@isabelguzmanmiranda5025 Ай бұрын

After watching the video, I had to read the book. The book was much, much, MUCH better. To begin with, something I really wanted to happen happened in the book. Colin knowing about Penelope's biggest secret before asking to marry her. Their relationship makes much more sense in the book. Netflix is lucky that Luke and Nicola are SO charming.

@ojasachitre7017 2 ай бұрын

The reason I like the show meet cute is because it is reminiscent of Bollywood for me.. but I do think there should have been more build up for Polin.. honestly I don’t think Colin had a deep back story.. other than he likes to travel and boast about his conquests.. I just wish we have a little more of their friendship over the years.. something like Simon’s back story..

@DezMarivette 2 ай бұрын

Yessss so happy you broke down these scenes from the book, I haven’t read it in over a decade but I remember how much I loved Colin’s internal dialogue and the first kiss OG. I always remember her sliding across the grass singing, “Something mooooooooooore!”

@SilverScale. 2 ай бұрын

Awesome vid -- I don't often comment on looks but that eye makeup is giving DRAGONFLY and is simply gorgeous!!! ❤

@naimac1015 2 ай бұрын

Love language! Daphne and Hastings had stares. Kate and Anthony had the hand thing. Pen and Colin should have notes, letters, and talks on penmanship! ❤

@carpevinum8645 2 ай бұрын

They really changed the stakes of the Lady Whistledown reveal in the show in regards to the Bridgertons. I don't see how a satisfying resolution is going to come about at this time. In the book, Colin didn't have anything like the annimosity he will need to overcome in the show for them to work.

@aoife08619 2 ай бұрын

I'm worried that's going to replace the jealousy part instead

@LucyPooh777 2 ай бұрын

I read the books and watched the movie - both several times. Barring Colin’s physical bruteness to Penelope when we he gets mad at her about something, I think the book is wayyyy more romantic and the book has much better dynamic as to how friends-to-lovers trope should work. I’m disappointed with the new writer Jess this season. imho, I don’t think she understood how Polin romance should have developed and worked.

@crystalpritchard5065 27 күн бұрын

I’ve seen a lot of people upset that we didn’t get a flashback to Colin and Penelope meeting, but I actually like it better the way the show did it. They spent two seasons showing us that our girl Penelope is in love with Colin, and he has seemed, at best, oblivious, and, at worst, uninterested. Having Colin recount the way they met, with specific details like that it was a yellow head covering, or that she laughed while charmingly teasing him, shows the audience that she meant as much to him from the beginning as he meant to her. He didn’t know her before this interaction, didn’t know that they’d develop a friendship, but he still remembered every detail. It mattered to him. She mattered to him, even if it took him a while to see why.

@stacystallard4327 2 ай бұрын

Read the book. Liked it. Didn’t like the 10 year time difference. The show, love it. They condensed it. Pen in the book a pocket Venus. In the show a gorgeous pocket Venus. I loved the book version of how he found out about her lady whistle down persona. And how her praises her at the Duke of Hastings ball!

@360shadowmoon 2 ай бұрын

One issue I have with Colin and Penelope in the show is that the storyline doesn't exhibit true love between them. If they truly loved and respected each other, Colin wouldn't have tried to sabotage her engagement to Lord Debling if he truly believed she liked him, and Penelope would have told him immediately about her being LW. True love is wanting someone to be happy regardless of whether it is with you, and Colin would have supported her engagement to Debling if he thought it was good for her.

@mu9173 2 ай бұрын

I also had a hard time processing this Pen in the show. Maybe I just read too much in the past two years that I create this bubble of what Pen should be based on my interpretation. Nicola said she hates Pen being such a good liar and maybe I need to accept that, atleast for the show (book Pen is very different). I read a comment somewhere that Pen in the film is completely different from the book. With that, I guess I have to just make peace with all the expectations I had and just appreciate the story as it is.

@notevenfunny_ 2 ай бұрын

I like the show version of the journal entry better, if only because we get a hint of an insight into what’s going on internally in Colin Bridgerton, whereas the journal entry in the book is strictly talking about his travels. Neither are stellar, in fact the show version would’ve hit it out of the park had they stayed in the journal a little longer, but again, it gave more insight into the mechanisms of season 3 Colin Bridgerton whereas the book journal scene did none of that for me. Just made me go, he’s a good writer, I guess🤷🏾‍♀️. But, I like that it led to a discussion about Colin’s purpose in the books, whereas the show just left it there. I guess their thinking was we already had the purpose discussion in season 2, but it would’ve served as a nice reminder for those who didn’t go back to watch season 2 to hear him say once again that he feels like he has no purpose in life.

@plainpotatotay 2 ай бұрын

1:43 oh you mad asf my stomachh 😭😭😭 edit: ugh i just finished the video. so excellent. your honesty is very refreshing so now imma just binge watch ya sht!

@katrinasoohoo 2 ай бұрын

I enjoy your analysis in all of your Bridgerton videos, and I especially hearing your take on the shows vs the books-I haven’t read the books, but this video is making me want to start. If you were interested in doing comparisons on the book vs show for the other seasons as well, I would be interested in watching those 😊

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

I did incorporate some references to the book for season 2 in the very first Bridgerton video I ever published but from what I can remember it was mostly just me showing a couple of really gross book quotes from book-Anthony being far too aggressive/demanding (s**ually) towards Kate and me telling the viewers "Thankfully none of these unacceptable things were adapted into the show" 😆 That was a very different video/time though since that season didn't have the whole half/half review embargo and release format and more importantly, the review embargo lifted BEFORE the season was released.

@ameliadobreva Ай бұрын

I’m part of the group that hasn’t watched a video of yours before, but i thoroughly enjoyed the incorporated excerpts from the book and overall this was an incredibly entertaining video, didn’t even feel like almost an hour

@LadyJenevia Ай бұрын

Thank youuuuuuuu, I was genuinely concerned about the run time (or else I would've read the full conversation of the carriage scene but then it definitely would've been OVER an hour 😂).

@erinwys216 Ай бұрын

First time to your channel. After I clicked and saw the 50min timeline, I thought there was no way I'd sit through the whole thing. But here I am now at the end wanting more! Hah Also, I will definitely be reading the books after hearing some excerpts. I enjoy the show, but season 3 left me disappointed and not really caring what happens to Eloise or Benedict.

@KforFreedom 2 ай бұрын

Though I do prefer most of the book moments, I'm still pretty happy with how the show included them despite the show having made changes which affected how they get there. Great point about the show timeline, I definitely am pleased that 10 years of Penelope pining after Colin haven't transpired.

@rosadeplata1752 Ай бұрын

Mr. No Thoughts Head Empty 🤭❤ I love you say this in every video. You are making the season better for me just by carrying the S3 rant torch.

@haina999 2 ай бұрын

Your eyeshadow is always amazing

@lillianmazuba1501 2 ай бұрын

Better in the show in my opinion. They are more mature and also they are on a more equal playing field.

@dl2725 2 ай бұрын

I think the reason I prefer the show first kiss is because I just didn’t like the ass-groping in the book. I felt like the kiss in the book just went too far too fast, and it’s not that I don’t like a spicy kiss. I liked how in the show it was so gentle and romantic-but I think mainly it’s that it can be interpreted ambiguously (by Penelope) in away I don’t think the book kiss can be. The book kiss was 🚨🔥🚨🔥🚨🔥, like it went so, so far beyond a favour kiss.

@kerensanchez7512 2 ай бұрын

You expressed some of my issues with the show beautifully. I have not read the books but still there were certain aspects that bothered me from season 3 part 1. We needed more from Polin (their actual friendship when they were younger and how they met and what not) not the bit of them saying that they are friends. Show me, don't tell me. Ultimately, I believe the writers really did them dirty cause we go very little from them, compared to other couples. I hope part 2 somehow redeem this but I'm not super positive about this. Unless the episodes on the second part of the season are longer.

@kathrynbaker7278 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Once again, great job!

@chaoticsoul1606 2 ай бұрын

There were so many times in the books where I thought like why can’t you just have a conversation!!!! He would tell himself that he should apologise or talk but he does not and it gets annoying! Also the engagement scene wth is he so aggressive. He was rude to her whatsoever and that’s all I know

@notevenfunny_ 2 ай бұрын

Not the Vincenzo reference! I know exactly which “surprise” scene you’re talking about and I love it and the actor’s delivery too!

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

It was the thing that popped into my head and I went from "Let me go find that clip to insert as a cutaway" and then I immediately went "No, don't do that because that reveal was EXCELLENT" 🤭

@alexandriaunderwater 2 ай бұрын

Colin is much more likeable in the show.

@itsspelledgiulia1203 2 ай бұрын

working my way thru your entire playlist of S3 videos

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

Much appreciated! Prepping a Season 3 Part 2 video for publishing when the review embargo lifts for that! 😂

@grodriguez7225 2 ай бұрын

And we’re back!

@varifer 2 ай бұрын

I really wanted to see writer Colin not personal journal Colin. If this is it, and we do not get this further developed, it is disappointing.

@KforFreedom 2 ай бұрын

Agree, I really hope we are not losing this part of their characters/relationship (even if it carries over to next season). The show definitely missed an opportunity in the journal scene to delve into his character/motivations. Hopefully from the feedback they'll see we want less money spent on Hot air balloon spectacles & more time on character dialog

@thielnineteen Ай бұрын

It has been nearly 20 years since I've read these books, but I remember them being some of my favorite romance novels from back then. The show definitely gives me some nostalgic moments, but more often than not, adult me is cringing at teenage me for loving these so much, lol. ❤

@amayarice2229 2 ай бұрын

Loved their chemistry definitely my favorite couple but wanted more of them 😭

@LunaWitcherArt 2 ай бұрын

Not me switching from watching this on PC instead of my phone and realizing that 1- This video is 50 minutes long and not 10 like I felt so far and 2- I had in fact been watching this for 45 minutes. Guess I must subscribe now.

@biancarivera8420 2 ай бұрын

The book is spicier....but it's nice to have the series...to put faces to the characters in the actual books....either way I still love them both.

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

It's also always fun to have the visual experience of getting to SEE the world, with the costumes and locations and all of that. ✨

@lifeinspiresdesign 2 ай бұрын

Thank you SO MUCH for sharing the book kiss excerpt! I have not read any of the books, but based on what you shared with us, I have to agree: the book first kiss is better than the show first kiss.

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

The book first kiss is sooooo much longer than what I read, I just didn't want the KZfaq censorship bot to come ding me for sharing MINUTES of descriptions of people making out and grabbing Penelope. 😂

@lifeinspiresdesign 2 ай бұрын

@@LadyJenevia lol I’m okay with getting just a taste anyway. Your reviews have made me want to read through the books now. I just have to get through the slow world building parts.

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

I only read books 1 and 2 for research for videos; I preferred seasons 1 and 2. Book 4 had a lot in it that I overall prefer to season 3 part 1. I haven't read the others since I'm a 'show first, then read the book' viewer/reader so I have no opinions to add yet about the rest. 🤭

@jow2716 2 ай бұрын

OK, you've convinced me to read the book now 😅

@dogplanetofficial 2 ай бұрын

I love your breakdown of the book and how you contextualized aggression in media during the early 2000’s - I was a wee one in those years so I didn’t experience it directly until watching those things maybe 10 years later. Obviously it doesn’t excuse it and you make that clear, but hindsight is 20/20 and all that 🤓 I think the biggest thing for me is that I miss Colin’s inner dialogue from the books. I also miss the long conversation they had in the carriage, and the lack of communication in the show has me crying, screaming, throwing up, etc. But honestly I adore the introduction of Debling because the idea that no one else found Pen desirable is insane to me, and it lights a fire under Colin’s ass which is fun to watch 😂 Also, Luke Newton’s portrayal in the show is chefs kiss! He’s got a lot of great subtle expressions, especially in the latter half of the “lessons” in his transition from “she’s my bestie” to “oh she’s the love of my life” Anyways I’m crazy for part 2 already, I know you can’t say anything about what you’ve seen (if you’ve seen anything) but I hope you liked it! And I look forward to hearing more once the second half comes out and the embargo is lifted. Thank you for all that you do!

@user-ic6sv8vi3p 2 ай бұрын

I haven't read the books but I'm typically a "the book is better than the adaptation" and your explanation has furthered my belief. the first part of this season is frustrating, it feels like filler episodes of a 20+ episode season... thank you for recapping the book, I appreciate it!

@CarysLibri 2 ай бұрын

As always, they are different and I am learning to appreciate them as such. I think the development of their friendship/romance is better in the book but that is likely because the show gets to show us this friendship over 3 seasons instead of 1 novel. I love the Lady Danbury friendship in the book. The thing that I think I miss most from the book is the way that Pen and Colin bond over writing and the nature of Colin's writings; why show Pen thinks that prose pondering sex and relationships with other women is good, I am not sure in part because the show does nothing to show us what she identifies with in his writing. That said one of the things that bother's me most about the book is that Pen seems to feel grateful for Colin choosing her when she is a treasure. I do not think it is fair to ask Colin's character to make up for not loving her or acknowledging her feelings asap because he is allowed to love who he wants, but I do wish that his character had more opportunities to fawn over her when he does fall in love and that Penelope had more of a change to realize that this is her due from the person that she chooses to spend her life with. I do think book Colin does seem to recognize that Pen is great (one of my favorite scenes is the one where he holds her hand at a ball and he is just so pleased). As always, I wrote my own mini-novel. I will cap it off by saying thanks for the video and for my regular dose of Selfie.

@lygourd Ай бұрын

Yes to all of this! One of the major differences between this season's love story and the previous two is the fact that Penelope and Colin already know each other, so there were opportunities to show how well they get along, the fact that they have a shared history, etc, but this dynamic just did not come across much to me in the show. The "lessons" and the realization of his attraction on Colin's part could just as easily happen between 2 people who have just met. (Narratively, these aspects slightly resemble Simon and Daphne in season 1, which is sort of friends-to-lovers too.) This issue overlaps with another complaint that I have (and that you've mentioned in another video): that S3 (especially part 1) doesn't show how Penelope's relationship to the Bridgerton family is so different from what we've seen of Simon's and Kate's (pre-marriage) interactions with the family. This again could have been a new angle and provide different opportunities for complicated relationship dynamics that we haven't seen on the show before. We got a little bit of it from the Pen/Colin/Eloise conflict, but if we had gotten more, then the payoff at the end of the season when Pen finally becomes a Bridgerton would have meant so much more.

@kijanajenkins2546 2 ай бұрын

First & nice video. 👍🏾

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

Yay! Thank you for being here!

@nessarz86 2 ай бұрын

Ok, so after watching this AND your Benedict "Emotional Support" Bridgerton video, I NEEEEEED to listen to you read excerpts from An Offer From a Gentleman

@affirmationshorts50 2 ай бұрын

Oof...she don't need to go into that one blind. Show Benedict is way more emotionally intelligent than book Benedict.

@acdory Ай бұрын

Thank you for being awesome!

@Pinkigordol 2 ай бұрын

Up until now (pt1) I prefer the book, it took a slower pace and really built up Colins side of the story too. That being said, for some reason I can easily let go of some mishaps that happen in books in general, but as soon as it happens in a show it takes me out of the fantasy 😔🤚

@kellylee2559 2 ай бұрын

As much as I didn't like the crazy ass love triangle in S2 that wasn't in The Viscount Who Loved Me, S3 is going even further off the reservation. This was actually my favorite book in the series and the creative choices they made instead of taking the actually book scenes...I'm disappointed. The connection built between Pen and Colin in the book made their relationship so well rounded, and I don't see that in the show. I don't know what they're connecting over in the show!

@squalloogal 2 ай бұрын

Your last review was literally the first time I’d seen you. (I subscribed) and since then you keep popping up on my Facebook. You’re a truly entertaining reviewer. ☺️

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

Well that is absolutely news to me considering I'm not on Facebook. 😂

@patmeal 2 ай бұрын

I've so enjoyed your thoughtful analyses of s3 so far, and I echo your sentiments re: wanting more from Colin and Penelope onscreen together and falling in love. You know, in a show supposedly about their romance. It's been frustrating as a longtime fan of romance in media and especially as someone who has loved Polin since I first read their book in like 2010. I've mostly been going with the flow of what the writers have come up with, but Colin not knowing about Whistledown before the proposal would be a DNF moment for me if I was reading a romance novel. It's just such a bad look. I have the sinking feeling that they're going to push the reveal up to ep 6 or 7 and I will hate every second of secrecy between them. I guess we'll see. I will be one of millions ready to press play in ~10 days. Anyway! I also wanted to say that you have amazing taste in media. The consistent Selfie cutaways in pretty much every video make my life - I adored that little show and will forever be mad that it was cancelled. And your Vincenzo reference had me rolling, I LOVED that show too. Kdramas really have the formula down: 16 or so eps at 40-60 minutes each to tell a complete and closed story? Sign me up every time.

@Amelia7o9 2 ай бұрын

I've never read the books, I've heard tbey werent that great compared to the show, but this might just entice me to read Penelope and Colin's book. Love the video!!

@elisa4620 Ай бұрын

I have not read all the books but in my opinion they aren't that good. They are entertaining thanks to the witty banters though

@Megramia288 Ай бұрын

I think I read the books in middle school. The more I i listened to this video the more a part of my brain felt like it was being scratched. I've read so many books but I swear this was a series I had read. It's just been at least a decade since then.

@22Isolde 2 ай бұрын

What I really think is an improvement from Book-colin to tv-Colin is that tv-Colin seems to have a better translation of anger due to concern or betrayal and anger due to jealousy. Because Book-Colin needs quite some time to realise that he conflates the two and to honor his queen as he should. I agree very 2000's male of him in the book. I am fascinated to see how this power dynamic between them will evolve. The new trailer has me scared that Penelope will be put through the wringer way more than Colin. I also agree that the way they worked out his insult to Penelope (I would never dream of courting...) on TV was just a bit too off character for me. Book-Colin is way more sophisticated and able to hide his true self behind charm and a joke - except when his evil siblings and mama push him over the brink haha.

@LikeChattingWithAFriendReviews 2 ай бұрын

42:34 😂😂 I was called unhinged (they weren't wrong 😆) because I thought the proposal wording was awful, even though it was the same in the book. Show Colin didn't earn a jokey proposal imho 🤷🏾‍♀️. Great breakdown!

@maireflannigan5087 2 ай бұрын

The book is way better in EVERY way. I hate that Colin still does not know about Whistledown at this late stage of S3! WHY? WHY?!

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

Episode 4 ending with Colin finding out Penelope was Lady Whistledown also would've been a much better cliffhanger for Part 1 (imo) than a proposal. Of course you want the proposal to happen too but AFTER he finds out. 😆

@KforFreedom 2 ай бұрын

Particularly since show LW has a lot more to answer for than in the books

@patmeal 2 ай бұрын

@@KforFreedom This is by far my biggest gripe about s3. Whistledown has personally and cruelly targeted multiple people that Colin loves. To push the reveal after the proposal is an unconscionable writing choice wrt a healthy relationship. Makes for great (?) drama though, which seems to always be their primary priority.

@whois2blame 2 ай бұрын

I dont know if you can answer this but i will ask anyway. Do the next 4 episodes last longer than 55 minutes?

@beckyh1802 2 ай бұрын

Damn I hope so, the longer the better🥰

@thespibunny272 2 ай бұрын

Took the words out of my mouth about the balloon sequence. The meet cute would have been so much better!

@Annabel174 Ай бұрын

I love the book so much more. I feel like it showed their friendship and later their relationship as more two sided which the show really missed at times . It seems like in the show Penelope is constantly trying to prove she is worthy of Colin and he is honestly doing the bare minimum, it feels forced and unrealistic. I was also really hoping that there was more genuine screen time with flashbacks. 🐝

@cauzie8281 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! This book was my favorite and I was disappointed like it was...not close enough.

@ashmeyer21 2 ай бұрын

I still feel we will get a flashback scene with young Colin and Pen after Colin finds out Pen is Lady Whistledown.

@sassyb58 2 ай бұрын

Vincenzo! Hahaha Absolutely fantastic!

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

IT'S SO GOOD that I legitimately struggle to watch other K-dramas because I inevitably compare them to the absurdly high standard set by Vincenzo. 😂

@sassyb58 2 ай бұрын

@LadyJenevia, if you haven't seen it, The King Eternal Monarch was very good too, though it's not a comedy .. but a very satisfying story and great chemistry. Another funnier one was Crash Landing on You. GREAT love story. So great they married for real, I think. Anyway, I also wanted to come back and say your snippets at the end of this video with polin was a good approximation of the actual run time the characters were together on screen (not nearly long enough). Thanks for your entertaining videos. I've really enjoyed seeing how your mind works. Fingers crossed you'll get a great Benedict season with lots of Shakespeare references.

@idorumeta 2 ай бұрын

Love the Grease 2 clips that snuck in. A stone cold classic.

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

A MOVIE FULL OF ICONIC CHARACTERS AND MUSICAL NUMBERS 🥰

@zaniyyahjacobs2499 Ай бұрын

Someone else finally said it. I’ve been talking about how much I hate You’ve Got Mail since I was a child.

@gelsominagaldieri 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your analysis. For me, there are things that I liked more in the books and things I liked more in the show and, I think, my brain makes bridges form one version to another to fill gaps. I'd think that probably a good fanfic can take the best of the 2 and combine it 😆. I am one who voted for show kiss and show carriage. But jsut today I asked a friend to do an edit of the kiss with colin thoughts from the book. Show kiss is beautiful (I don't mind it is shorter) but they missed to put his desire to do it before she asked. For me what is incredibile is how many times they were UNCHAPERONED and didn't use this to create a scandal with LW having to downplay it writing (like in the book) that if Penelope Faetherington was going to end up with a Bridgerton she would quit writing because this meant that she didn't understand a thing. This way Colin could have the idea of Pen as potential interest AND getting angry to the ton that doesn't see how special she is. I so wished to get this. The other big missed opportunity is the journal! About the carriage, i liked because he said clearly he had feelings (in the book seems more lust and for Pen the proposal was an act of care) but if they decided to not have the LW reveal I WANTED for her to refuse the proposal (because she knew she was hiding something important!!!!!!!). Ok... I have to find the time to write my version of the story 😆 . . . . I wanted their first meeting so bad. Ans the scene in the market was reshooted (he has a wig in this scene as all the reshooted scenes) and who knows?!?!? Probably they were not even going to mention the first meeting... but PR may have pointed out that fans were "Eagerly waiting" for it, so they had to include something. Sorry my comments are always very long! ❤❤❤

@evavee7681 2 ай бұрын

Ohh!!! WAS he wearing a wig in that scene at the market? I was wondering why his hair looked so weird/different-It wasn’t as voluminous. Was this mentioned in an article or interview? I’d like to read the article or watch the interview.

@gelsominagaldieri 2 ай бұрын

@evavee7681 I've read in several places and they confirmed that they finished the shootings in March 2023 but had to redo some scenes between October and December 2023. The wig scenes in part 1 are: the willow tree, the market, the 2 brothels and then 2 scenes were the wig goes on and off 😆 (meaning they kept some original shooting and it is when he arrives at home and in the garden party when he talks with groups of ladies). Sorry I can't find one source because I keep watching all the interviews and so much content that I really can't remember when I heard what 😆

@evavee7681 2 ай бұрын

@@gelsominagaldieri NOW his hair style during those scenes make more sense! I kept wondering why his hair stylist was inconsistent with his hairdo this season. No worries about the links to the sources. I've been watching the interviews, too, and probably wouldn't be able to pinpoint a specific one if someone asked me, too. I haven't come across that one where they mentioned the reshoots and him wearing a wig, but I'm glad I came across it here. Thanks! 😊

@sofia-ro 2 ай бұрын

@@gelsominagaldieriyou’re doing the lord’s work 🙏🏻

@DrNerdinger 2 ай бұрын

I agree with almost all of what you are saying (and with choosing the book over the show in reference to the scenes you cover) but not (quite) with the way you rationalize the portrayal of his aggressive behaviour in the book. I understand you are not excusing it but I don‘t think it‘s entirely true that the times just were different in 2002. I mean, they were, sure, but I was 21 in 2002 and I remember discussions I had with female friends around romance plots romanticizing aggressive behaviour and/or asigning a passive role to the female character even at the time. I hadn‘t read Bridgerton at the time but we quarreled about the gender roles in Twilight in the mid-2000s and about Shades of Grey five years later. The conversation wasn‘t as pervasive at the time but these conversations absolutely did happen already. Also, what I‘m critizing isn‘t so much book Colin‘s behaviour (people/fictional characters make mistakes and can be flawed and so on) but that the book asks us to actually find it hot, that it is wrapped up in and an integral part of the building steaminess of the scenes. Reading it (admittedly, as my present-day self), I just cannot help disliking the way it is framed (rather than disliking the character who really overall is much more appealing than show Colin - though I actually fell that having first read the novel, then watched the show helped me to like show Colin). It is dated (which is your argument), sure - but I don‘t think 2002 is sufficiently long ago to completely explain why the writer felt it needed to be there. I honestly think it‘s a thing that‘s a little bit rubbish about the book. Period. BUT there is much to like (prefer), as you have skillfully pointed out. Thanks for the video. Great work! xx

@anjakoller6529 2 ай бұрын

I really enjoy the season 3 videos ❤

@tins369 2 ай бұрын

I prefer the book. I like that she had time to "grow" she was a child and she had the chance to become a woman

@soup8900 2 ай бұрын

i gotta say i like the book version so much more, mostly because of where it takes place and the timeline of events that day

@tomboyraider1015 Ай бұрын

I have not read the books but after reading the excerpts, i think more people would've voted that Polin's first kiss is better in the book than in the series if they had also read the book. The kiss in the book lingers a while longer while in the show it was quicker. Plus, some voters who vote just vote for the show no matter eventho they havent read the books.

@LinaCT25 Ай бұрын

Such an interesting topic and love how you compared both. My overall complaint is that we didn't get enough Polin romance in Season 3, and I'm not saying just steamy scenes. I felt there were too many side stories and drama that didn't let us enjoy their romance and moments of happiness. One thing I did LOVE from the show was the whole I need to get a husband, Debling, jealous Colin change. Cliche, yes, did I love it, 100%. I felt like the book failed to add a moment where his feelings totally turned for her and kinda did a slow build up, but the I suddenly got shaken because she can interest other men works like a charm. Just wish maybe we would have dragged the jealousy, discovering his feelings, more sensual tension a bit longer. I would have preferred he learned about Lady Whistledown before he proposed. It just ruined the romance piece and became stressful for her and the viewer.

@Alyson542 2 ай бұрын

"You saw what she did with grass" 😂

@beverly342 2 ай бұрын

I like the direction the show is going. Wish they added in "a kiss is for two people" part though. Maybe a redemption for the mirror line

@ayushikhetan9012 2 ай бұрын

I like the show. It seemed more natural, paced but natural. I feel there is more depth to both the characters as well. I love how Colin always cared for Pen. He remembered their first interaction