Wish I'd read this thread before binging on the show.
I didn't read the books, but agreed with Minx that there was too much soft porn, and killing women, that's become a tired trope for dystopian sci-fi movies. They never really explained the off-planet stuff, or the songspire tree, or the 250 yr gap, so maybe the books are better? Can't really complain tho, it was free on Netflix without commercials