Queenie (Hulu Series) | REVIEW - This Should Have Been Perfect For Me... What Happened??? 

Im so happy all these novels written by Black women are getting adapted. First, Black Cake, The Other Black Girl and now Queenie. I think, my favorite one was TOBG, the ending excepted, bec. I like thrillers better than literary fiction! Edit: Wow, it really looked like Queenie isnt for me. Also, I'm tired of the "Black (wo)men abused me" excuse. I think, Queenie dates wm bec. she has internalised anti-Blackness and this would have been interesting to explore and deconstruct.

I bought the book ages ago and couldn’t get past chapter one. I felt the same way about The Other Black Girl. Almost unreadable but I did push through most of that one.

Queenie the character did not embody the stereotype of a strong black woman

I really enjoyed the show. I loved the family dynamic

I am so glad you reviewed this... It was on my watchlist ( I do look out for book adaptations )... now it's removed... owe you the time I would have spent on it

Thank you for this and for saving my time. I really didn’t like the book, but wanted to support…….ah well!

Tbh I feel the same way about this show great exploration of trauma & how it manifests but I did not like other aspects of this show especially how Queenie was chasing whiteness & being mistreated by white men in this show.

Your eyeshadow looks gorgeous! Thanks for the review. I did not enjoy the book so I'm not rushing to watch the show. I still need to check out the Black Cake show. The book was so well-written.

Thank you for your review. When I saw Queenie being advertised as 'The Black Bridget Jones', and the BBC interview, I had concerns. Glad you mentioned Chewing Gum - I loved it! Ms Coel wrapped it up in 2 seasons, very smart move 😇

JOSEPH MARCEL?! 🤩🤩🤩

I think I'm going to give up. I'm really trying to care and I don't. And the episode where she's confronted by the wives and girlfriends of the guys she selt with. I wanted this to be great.

Hi Jeanne, great great review, I enjoyed it very much. I saw Queenie this weekend just gone and liked very much. But now I do see and take on bored everything you say and criticise. You are right about everything. I would like to add that it is good how pro the show is about talking therapy and that it shows the benefit therapy can have on someone. For you get a sense that Queenie does love herself and members in her family more by the end. However, Queenie's trauma is massive and the reality is it would take years for her to process it. It's good as well that the show looks at the stigma some British Caribbean families have around talking therapy, especially older generations. And it's great that Queenie's Grandad was the one to see it as a good thing and encourages the rest of the family to support Queenie is her therapy. (Am sorry Jeanne if anything I say around race and stigma is ignorant, I know that as a white man I will have blind spots when it comes to race and sexism too), I felt it was good of the series to say that counselling is for everyone. I also really liked the character Frank, he was the only man, outside of Grandad, who cared and loved Queenie. I completely agree with everything you have said though Jeanne and I would say Queenie was a good show, rather than great, for all the reasons you point out. Again great video Jeanne, always a lot of fun, laughter and valuable insight. Looking forward to the next one. Hope you are well Jeanne to and all your loved one. Take care always ☺☺

Love this review. New subscriber.

The book was terrible so can’t say I’m surprised

I have the book, but I’m contemplating starting the book or watching the series lol.

I’m going to check it out

The book was overrated

I actually found the title of the show a bit ... cliché. So I felt it would be corny & lackluster. I bet I'm right. 😂😂

it was just as bad as the book to. be honest. I don't know what I was expecting.

she was a bad employee tbh