Shadow and Bone - Velha Estante

416 pages

English language

Published May 7, 2013 by Square Fish.

ISBN:: 978-1-250-02743-6

(2 reviews)

Shadow and Bone is a young adult fantasy adventure and debut novel written by Israeli-American author Leigh Bardugo. It was published by Macmillan Publishers on June 5, 2012. The novel is narrated by Alina Starkov, a teenage orphan who grows up in the Russia-inspired land of Ravka when, unexpectedly harnessing a power she never knew she had in order to save her childhood best friend, she becomes a target of intrigue and violence. It is the first book in the Shadow and Bone trilogy, followed by Siege and Storm and Ruin and Rising. It is also the namesake and basis for Netflix adaptation, Shadow and Bone, which premiered in April 2021.

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Chungledown Bim reviewed The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

Review of 'The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

So help me, I really enjoyed this. I mean Anna Karenina it ain't, but it's light & engaging.

The Russian flavour is just chefkiss. The formula is solid. The baddie is a baddie & the beige protagonist blossoms into the beautiful, powerful, chosen one. Twue wuv is lost & found, action, heartbreak, sweeping scenery etc. etc.

Having enjoyed the Netflix adaptation I was surprised that it was singular first person narrative from Alina Starkovs POV. Where is my favourite BAMF Inej? Where's that charming fuckup Jesper? Even Mal doesn't get much of a look-in & he's like, so dreamy or whatever. They were all such fleshed-out characters with their own stories, did Netflix just make 'em up? Turns out they're from a different series in the 'Grishaverse', starting with Six of Crows, which I now must read.

Minty95

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Nov. 29, 2022