Review of Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers

I have followed this book series for many years. I bought Murder in the Breakers book when I toured the Breakers many years ago. It was in the gift shop and seemed interesting, so I bought it. Enjoyed it so much that I kept buying each sequel as they came out. Now own all 11 books thus far. I will say the movie was definitely not as good as the book. Sorry Ms Maxwell, but I assume you had say so in what was portrayed in the movie and who was selected to play the characters. I thought the person who played Emma must not have read the book. Her attitude and emotions did not adequately portray Emma from the book at all. The Derrick Andrew's from the book does not match the Derrick Andrews in the movie. The lady who played Gertrude was believable as well as Adelaide, and Jesse did a good job, somewhat, but all in all this was a poor adaptation. My wife watched it, and since she's never read the book, she told me she had a difficult time following the story line, since she didn't know the players and they weren't described effectively. As we readers know, Emma chooses to marry Andrew over Jesse in a later book, but watching this movie, comparing the 2, it is hard to believe she would do this. Ms Maxwell, it seemed this movie was about political correctness and not about giving us a movie that truly brought your book alive, especially to those of us that have faithfully purchased each book with anticipation. I'm afraid this movie has sated my appetite for further Newport Gilded Age books or movies.