The flashbacks from their time together at Keramzin (episode 8, minute 38:40) and in the army help in establishing their close bond, letting the voiceovers of the unsent letters and wonderful visual sequences do the rest. The show does a great job at showing us, without telling us explicitly, that Mal and Alina are both secretly in love with each other, and it’s clear to everyone except them. The only real difference in behaviour is that Mal doesn’t sleep with Zoya when they meet in the first episode (episode 1 minute 17:59), which we are told that he does in the book.ĥ. When watching the show, we are simply not so dependent on the protagonist for information and we can form our own opinions about the characters whose storylines and developments we see unfold before our eyes. Certain book fans will tell you that Mal’s personality was changed to make him more likeable, but that isn’t true. For the same reason, in the book we only hear about Mal’s journey through conversation when he tells Alina, but it was lovely and then painful to get to know his friends Mikhael and Dubrov and watch them die on screen. (episode 8, minute 14:08)Īrchie Renaux as Malyen Oretsev and Jessie Mei Li as Alina Starkov NetflixĤ. For example, we read almost nothing about the secession designs that West Ravka has, which in the show are clearly personified through the character of General Zlatan. This means that readers are somewhat limited in witnessing certain events that Alina is not present to tell us of. The Shadow And Bone books paint a colourful landscape of the Ravkan civil war, but it is done exclusively through Alina’s first-person narration (episode 2, minute 46.30). In the show, Alina clearly likes having something to call the General, in the books she doesn’t enjoy uttering his name, because it’s a reminder of their connection that she wants to deny.ģ. In the books, he doesn’t reveal his name until book 3, Ruin and Rising, and he does it for a similar reason, but in a very different situation. In the show he tells Alina that his real name is Aleksander rather early (episode 4, minute 5:13), to draw her into his confidence. Ravkans don’t even know that he has a name beyond the title, although readers know he’s briefly taken multiple names in his life, and Kirigan is one of these names. In the books, General Kirigan just goes by his title, The Darkling. This little variation provided the possibility of an evolution for Inej, one of the most beloved characters in the Grishaverse.Ģ. One example is that at the beginning of the show, Inej is reluctant to take lives (episode 2, minute 19:47), while in the book, virtually set after these events, she doesn’t hesitate when making a necessary kill to save her crew. However, we must point out that Inej, Jesper and Kaz are perfectly in line with the characters they will become by the time the original events of Six of Crows ( rumoured to be adapted in the second season of the show) take place. In the Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows books, the Dregs -t he criminal gang led by Kaz Brekker that the show simply calls the Crows - do not interact with Alina Starkov or go to Ravka in the hope of capturing (or helping) her. This show serves as a prequel for that book, so while there are many direct quotes from and references to the duology, the plot concerning the Six of Crows characters is mostly an invention of the show. *Beware of spoilers for the show and the books* Shadow and Bone book and TV show differencesġ.The biggest plot divergences obviously stem from the Six of Crows narrative. Here are 13 differences between the Grishaverse books and the TV show. While Netflix's Shadow and Bone is a pretty faithful adaptation in terms of main events and characterisation, there are some changes to the plot that inevitably had to happen when unifying the two series and transposing them to the screen. Showrunner Eric Heisserer ( Arrival, Birdbox) thought it would be best to weave the two stories together, creating a surprisingly seamless narrative that flows perfectly without altering the core of the Grishaverse. The source material for the show isn’t just the eponymous Shadow and Bone book trilogy, but also the Six of Crows duology by author Leigh Bardugo. The much-awaited first season of Shadow and Bonedropped on Netflix today and fans around the world have been binging it non-stop, curious to see how the series managed to portray their favourite characters.
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