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Instead of making her second telling of The Luminaries a pale imitation of its predecessor, she [Eleanor Catton] offers up yet another set of twins: two consummate works in two different mediums.
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A cracking, challenging read has become a cracking, unchallenging series and both do their jobs perfectly. Joy.
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The Luminaries is luminous, at least when it’s visible. Not since Peter Jackson’s last elven ad campaign has there been so bewitching a screen vision of New Zealand.
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The Luminaries is placidly entertaining, and Hewson is likable in a listless role that becomes the focus of the entire production, but it lacks any spark that might make it an essential watch.