Season 1 - Claire's behavior while collecting rent (book readers please chime in)

I'm rewatching season 1 (again)... it's the eps when they're on the road collecting rent. Was Claire's behavior written to be as acrimonious in the books as it is in the show? Sooo much judgement and accusation at Dougal and Ned and Angus... How can she be so bitchy and think they'll let her get away with it? I feel like this is a book-gave-it-better-context situation, yes? This was not a time when a woman's thoughts were welcome, let alone one they already thought was a spy. Is this tv writers pushing the way she's written?