24/7 too tired for this

Okay, unpopular opinion maybe but does tvl mostly fall flat for anyone else so far? The first two seasons had some of the most beautiful and emotionally resonant writing ever put to tv imo but this season, everyone is snarking at each other in Succession-esque monologues and it just doesn't emotionally connect for me. I found Lestat to be much more interesting in iwtv than in his own season. And while I haven't personally read the books, the book version of Gabriella sounds like a fascinating character who could've been used to explore gender issues and the restrictive societal expectations around womanhood and motherhood (esp as they were in the past) but what we actually got feels... kinda shallow?