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[ManofOne]

Can't wait for this

Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.

Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.

Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha . . . and the secrets of her heart.

 

[bender]

The Great Forest Spirit.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Animated? What is this? Based on a book?

 

[Tesseract]

no idea what this is, sounds like madness

demoscene vibes

 

[ManofOne]

Animated? What is this? Based on a book?

Book series. A really good book series.

If they WOKE the shit out of this series I am gonna be pissed.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Book series. A really good book series.

If they WOKE the shit out of this series I am gonna be pissed.

Interesting. I'll keep an eye out.

 

[BlueAlpaca]

This has been out for a week, is it any good? I need GAF's verdict.

 

[ManofOne]

This has been out for a week, is it any good? I need GAF's verdict.

Good series, deviated from the book in certain respects but a fun series.

 

[godhandiscen]

This has been out for a week, is it any good? I need GAF's verdict.

I enjoy it so far, two episodes in.

 

[AJUMP23]

It finally got interesting at episode 6. Before that I thought it was mediocre.
Shadow and bone more like shallow and lame.

 

[evolvaer]

This has been out for a week, is it any good? I need GAF's verdict.

This show was awful.

Think of every single YA novel crammed together, throw in a knock off Avatar Last Airbender and you got yourself a mediocre CW show with a slightly bigger budget.

Honestly tho it's pretty bad. Every main character looks like they are 19, like how did you get such a diverse and long background and history when you're barely even an adult.

It doesn't track.

 

[ipukespiders]

It finally got interesting at episode 6. Before that I thought it was mediocre.
Shadow and bone more like shallow and lame.

You're very patient, I'll give you that.

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

Think of any of the other YA movie - this show is that but with a bigger budget.

 

[Pejo]

Think of any of the other YA movie - this show is that but with a bigger budget.

What's YA?

 

[ScythD]

What's YA?

Young Adult, a book genre mostly meant for teens.

 

[DeafTourette]

I liked it! I was engaged the whole time! Between the Crows, Alina, Mal (kept thinking of Mal from Firefly every time they said his name) and the Merovingian... I mean the Darkling... I was loving every second of it!

Yeah, it's predictable but it's very good predictable!

Can't wait for season 2!

I actually haven't slept yet because I watched the whole season on a lark last night and was like ... "I don't need sleep... I'll be able to work just fine!"

LoL