Surprisingly, I really liked this movie!
After reading the book, I couldn’t really bring myself to imagine how an adaption would look like — given the idiosyncratic approach to storytelling presented in the novel.
The narrator, a conglomerate of nameless boys from The Lisbon Girls' past, recount and archive evidence while discussing the events surrounding the mysterious quintuplets. They never reach a full conclusion, and by the very end, the book reads more as a cry for help, beautified with…