After a too long wait, the second & last season is here.
Shadow & Bone Season 2: A Quick Review
Pros:
- The visual effects are gorgeous, better quality than the first one by far.
- The cast are magnificent & the act the hell out of every scene.
- Ben is not only more dashing with the scars, he finally succeeded in inserting all the Darkling's best lines into the show.
- No more insufferable Mal toxic masculinity and slut-shaming scenes.
- No more miscommunication trope as a plot device.
Cons:
- The screenplay appears as if someone who has never read any of the books threw every Grishaverse Fandom (https://thegrishaverse.fandom.com) pages into a blender, then poured the over-smoothed dough into 8 molds to bake a version of the stories.
- Every single character is a much much better person than the original version in the books. One might think this a positive trait, yet the results lack the "edge of one's seat" level of interpersonal friction and irremediable conflicts, making the stakes rather artificial.
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