Missing You
Warning!
Spoilers for Netflix’sMissing Youahead!
Still, it was Kat’s friend, Aqua, who left a mark.
Despite her limited mainstream experience before the Netflix series, Malone did a phenomenal job with Aqua’s character.
She is immediately likable, with evident loyalty and optimism.
Still, it quickly becomes apparent inMissing Youthat Aqua hides some painful truths from Kat.
Just as in Coben’s novel, Aqua’s secrets eventually bubble to the surface.
However, unlike theMissing Youbook,Malone’s character is a more solid representation of the transgender community.
In addition to this, Aqua is a confused character.
Missing You is a crime-drama television series based on the novel written by Harlan Coben. Detective Kat Donovan’s life is thrown into chaos when her fiance, who disappeared eleven years ago, suddenly appears on a dating app. With his reappearance, old wounds are reopened, including the mystery of her father, who was murdered.
Malone’s portrayal in theNetflix seriescorrects this.
Malone’s performance in Netflix’sMissing Youadaptation shows no sign of a poor, confused individual.
She is a transgender womansecure in her gender identity and supported by the people within her life.
From there,Missing Youcorrected Coben’s misjudged approach with more respectful and educated writing.
Netflix took the perfect approach by casting Malone.
This is imperative sinceshe winds up being at the center ofMissing You’s ending mystery.
She told the man that she understood what hiding a part of herself felt like.
It was the perfect way to repair the disappointing confusion of Coben’s book.
With his reappearance, old wounds are reopened, including the mystery of her father, who was murdered.
