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Netflix’s Shadow and Bone Delivers Long Overdue Asian Diversity Jenevia Kagawa Darcy © Provided by The Mary Sue Netflix Shadow and Bone key art featuring Jessie Mei Li's Alina. **Content warning for rape and sexual assault.** YA adaptations from book to screen are nothing new for Hollywood, but Netflix’s Shadow and Bone first piqued my interest when the main cast announcement was shared a little over a year ago. The reason why I was drawn in by an adaptation of books I had never heard of at the time was simple: The protagonist, Alina Starkov, would be changed from whit...

CinemaBlend Shadow and Bone and are left blankly staring at your television with questions upon questions about the loose ends left by the finale. On the good news side of things, Alina Starkov found strength in her powers and defeated Ben Barnes’ Darkling (for now), but there’s so much more to keep us wondering as we wait for a second season to be picked up by Netflix – including Alina and Genya’s friendship being on the rocks. In between the triangle that had us looking back and forth between Alina’s childhood bestie Mal and the Darkling’s villainous plans beco...

“Shadow and Bone” is currently streaming on Netflix, having been the #2 most watched show in the US on its debut weekend. This fantasy-action series is an adaptation of the hit book series by author Leigh Bardugo. (Netflix) Book-to screen adaptations are oftentimes a high risk, but high reward genre. Consider Harry Potter, arguably one of the best movie adaptations ever made. Nearly every scene in all eight movies felt like a realization and tangible expansion of everything fans imagined the books to be. Unfortunately, this true-to-source approach is rare. Just glance at a Percy Jackson m...

While the TV shows adapt two book series, they're still from the same universe called the Grishaverse so most of the elements remain the same. Shadow and Bone takes place in a war-torn world, separated by the mysterious Shadow Fold (or simply called the Fold in the show) which is crawling with winged monsters, Volcra, that feast on human flesh. Upon the Fold's accidental creation by the Shadow Summoner or the Black Heretic, it splits the country of Ravka into two—East Ravka and West Ravka—which leads the whole country into years of war and conflict. It follows Alina Starkhov who initiall...