The Shards According to Ryan Murphy Oof! That was a rough one. After spending the last 5 weeks hatewatching Ryan Murphy's bastardization of The Shards , I have finally reached the conclusion of this limited series. Or maybe I haven't, who knows? But we'll get to that later. First, let's get the obvious out of the way right up front: FX should have retitled this The Sharts lest any unsuspecting viewers get the idea that it's a straightforward adaptation of Bret Eason Ellis's 2022 bestseller. It is not. In the Murphyverse, the book and the series are a mix-and-match mashup that is rarely harmonious. Just a few years ago, I was praising the virtues of Bret Easton Ellis's new novel, The Shards His magnum opus , I declared, a true masterpiece! One of the 10 best books of 2022 ( see my post from Feb. 22, 2023) ! Receiving widespread critical acclaim at the time of its release, the novel is a sort of coming-of-age thriller about a...