Shadow and Bone Miniseries Part 2
So happy to have our special guest Christine from Poland Bananas Books on YouTube! Christine has been in the book review game for a decade and is a titan of BookTube and we were so thrilled she said yes! We talked through episodes 4 - 6 of the new Netflix show Shadow and Bone!
IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS WAIT TO LISTEN TILL YOU WATCH!!!
Full transcript available below.
Review of Episodes 4-6 Shadow and Bone on Netflix
We talked through:
Mal's character compared to the books being an improvement
The costumes, especially the Kefta's and Inej's outfits
How quickly Mal and Alina get past their miscommunication
The difference between the filming of the Shadow and Bone scenes and the Crows scenes
General Kirigin (The Darkling) and Alina's character getting some delightful smoochies in - we all have different feelings about it.
Jane asked what we thought about him telling Alina to call her Alexander
Christine says "Ben Barnes" the way we all feel about him.
Christine shares what she thinks about the Crows being in the show
Inej's first kill and how quickly she kills her second!
The Crows fighting the Grisha
Inej seeing Alina bring the light for the first time with her eyes filled with tears.
Jesper and the stable boy giving the flirt game
Nina and Mattias' great looks, and jabs, and chemistry
We asked Christine about what she thinks about Baghra
How Zoya and the General were fucking! We debate if they had a relationship in the books and how he turns her down.
Alina not being so isolated in the Little Palace and how Alina has more agency
Christine laments David's upcoming role in Ep 7 and talks about how much she likes Genya and David's awkward looks and courtship
Christine cried when Alina called the light at the Fete and we talk about the evolution of what her powers visually look like.
Christine is hoping that Alina is going to go with the Crows back to Ketterdam
Bridget talks about how the showrunner Eric Heisserer wouldn't make the show without the Crows being woven in
Our hopes and theories about what is going to happen in the final two episodes and future seasons if they happen!
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