The books are actually very much more with the details -- and with the subplots. In the books, Phryne has two adopted daughters (one of whom rescued herself) and Jane's backstory is heartbreaking. The story of the Queenscliff robbery is very different from the script.
They aren't cozies and they're not quite noir -- and they are very definitely female-gaze based. The LGBT element is very open and Phryne is completely accepting of it -- oh, that sounds wrong. This is a post-WWI series where people are what they are, and Phryne protects the people she comes across and at one point steals compromising photographs so that one of her acquaintances won't be exposed.
And--because Phryne in the book wears it, I tried Guelein's Jicky and am now a confirmed wearer of the perfume.
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on 2015-02-23 04:08 pm (UTC)They aren't cozies and they're not quite noir -- and they are very definitely female-gaze based. The LGBT element is very open and Phryne is completely accepting of it -- oh, that sounds wrong. This is a post-WWI series where people are what they are, and Phryne protects the people she comes across and at one point steals compromising photographs so that one of her acquaintances won't be exposed.
And--because Phryne in the book wears it, I tried Guelein's Jicky and am now a confirmed wearer of the perfume.