Nope, not at all! Every name I recognize is the same, and they're even pronounced right. The biggest change is just the "setting".
I'm up to episode 11 - it's gorgeous and enthralling. So far the story has entirely focused on the revenge, I'm not sure whether we'll get any time devoted to what happened before, and it's pretty much entirely from Albert's point of view. It's been a while since I read the book and I remember more of the betrayal and less of the revenge bits, but it seems reasonable accurate... except for the sci-fi bits....
Spent the day working on our business taxes. I don't have the forms filled out yet, but I know all the numbers that go into the forms, and that's about 7/8 of the battle I figure. So, since I've been working on it just under 6 hours, I decided to quit, relax, and leave the typing out of the forms for tomorrow. They don't have to be mailed until Tuesday, so I'm actually doing better than usual...
The story is told from Albert (Mondego?) 's POV?
Interesting.
And episode 11! They must be able to tell pretty much the entire story that way.
Granted, I've not seen, nor am I likely to see the anime version. But I thought the revenge was the point.
Also granted, I've only seen the "current" film version. But I know wife and I had some discussions regarding the book. She taught it this year.