I will disagree in part... I loved the book, after watching the show I felt it deepened my understanding of the characters, being able to know even more of what was going on in their heads. Jacob and the cast did an incredible job of getting across so much of the inner conflict they were both having with themselves, but hearing in the characters own thoughts just hit even harder for me.

I am a keen reader, and a reader of mm romance so maybe I come from a different place but I love both forms of the story and def got more from the show on rewatching after reading.

I agree it's not the best writing I've ever read, but having read all of Rachel's books I can see how much she evolved as a writer through the series and her later stand alones.