A BOOK FAN AND A CLUELESS MAN REVIEW SHADOW AND BONE 

That scene where Alina climbed into the cart and Jesper was just dumbfounded was my absolute favorite! 🐐

Also I'm so happy they didn't make Nina thin. She's supposed to be a little chubby like in the books and I think they did an amazing job picking an actress with a curvier frame. Hopefully once she's in Ketterdam we'll get to see her in beautiful dresses ❤️💃👗

The chem between matthias and nina was so on point. I kept looking foward to their scenes because they were just so cute and funny especially if you've read the books before. My sister and I were literally dying from overwhelming happiness and excitement lmao

I loved how they included the Crows and the changes they made to Mal's character: that 'you don't owe me an explanation' moment ❤️🐐

As someone who also didn’t read the books, I found the Six of Crows characters WAY more interesting. I thought Alina was the person I cared about the least. Mal is too fricken pure though I love him so much ;_;

Hihi Your little knowing smirk when Sean was saying he wanted to know more of kaz and inej's backstories and that he felt we didn't know everything yet about Jesper

As a non-reader after finishing the series I was wayyyy more intrigued by the crow characters and I just finished the Six of Crows book today (the absolute emotional rollercoaster I had during the latter half of the book was just hghsakjghfskjhg). Anyways loved it a lot and going onto Crooked Kingdom now lol

So glad you explained who was the clueless man.. 😝😂😂😂

what I was most upset about is that the darkling just casually tells alina his first name??? I'm not even a darklina stan but that upset me

I love when y'all do videos like this. Your "knowing smirks" whenever your husband makes a remark you don't want to spoil for him are the best. I thought they did a great job adapting the story and giving several characters more depth and personality. I think they were able to show how the Darkling sees something in Alina that he's missing in himself, and how he thinks desiring her and desiring that quality she has gets so convoluted. Also, David's awkwardness had me chuckling every time!

As soon as Mal said that about the flowers, I just knew the Darkling was gonna do that!! Made me furious 🤬🤬

Lol the look you gave the camera when your husband mentioned Jesper's shooting capabilities to be unrealistic. I died haha.

"Fearbeduhr" made me imagine the Swedish Cook voicing Matthias' dialogue...

This was precious. Thank you. I usually read the books BEFORE watching the adaptations, but our library had a SIX month waiting list for the Grisha Trilogy (and lesser times for the rest of the series). Neither my wife nor I had read the books. We binged the series in less than 48 hours, then on Sunday morning...I decided to buy the entire series and started reading them immediately. Finished Shadow and Bone Sunday night, started Siege and Storm and finished midday on Monday, then read Ruin and Rising...finishing on Tuesday. Then read Six of Crows, and Crooked Kingdom...I then read finisdhed another book before the end of the month. Then on May 1st started reading King of Scars and now almost finished with Rule of Wolves. Wow. I am actually glad that I didn;t try to read The Grisha Trilogy beore seeing the Netflix show. I liked the books okay. They definitely got better, but maybe that is because I knew they had potential...because of the show (plus, everyone online kept telling me that the other series were better). Which was true. As you can tell...I loved the show. We are definitely Malina fans. The Darkling was creepy (to us both). We never trusted him. When he backstabed Mal with the daffadils (blue), ooh...that made us MAD! Of course Milo was hilarious. Also, the way he helped Mal at the end was cool, too (with the bullet that Jesper gave it). Our favorites were definitely Nina and Matthias. That is such a great relationship. Enemies to lover. We also enjoyed Jas, Inej and Jesper. Great introduction. They alluded to what could happen in the future. Excited for hopefully a 2nd, 3rd, 4th...Nth seasons in the future. Actually surprised they have yet to announce the second one (at least). Thanks for your review.

When Inej and Kaz separately went against to the Darkling AND WON I screamed for both scenes

🐐 You two are always so adorable! I am also a book fan and watched the season with my own clueless man! 😂 We both really enjoyed it! Spoilers I wish we would have gotten an extra episode to really show what it was like for Alina at The Little Palace (that is where the majority of the book takes place after all)...to better develop Alina's friendship with Genya (not to mention see more of Genya's crush on David) and show Alina's struggles with her power more. I really liked that they didn't make Alina as hostile towards the other grisha as they did in the book (with the exception of Zoya, and the fact that they alluded to a relationship between Zoya and The Darkling makes way more sense for their animosity rather than it stemming from Mal). It also would have been nice to see Alina flourish while no longer suppressing her powers, I feel like they just didn't include how not embracing who she is was manifested by making her physically ill (which I think was a great representation since hiding who you are usually just hurts people mentally and isn't usually immediately obvious to others). I was impressed with how they wove the Six of Crows characters into the story and it made me so happy to get to see Inej, who was already very devout, actually witness and experience Alina's power. And when Alina gave Inej her knife I just couldn't stop smiling! It was also cool to be able to see Inej actually perform entertainment acrobatics like her life before the Dregs. I was a Mal shipper from the start and it's really nice to see so many people agreeing! Although I feel like they changed him a bit, it's been a while since I read the books but I think he was more of a flirt (in the show he only had eyes for Alina) and he was upset with Alina for not trying harder to get back to him while at The Little Palace while it seemed like he was only mildly confused when the fake Alina ignored him in passing. I completely loved all of the casting and while I think Ben Barnes makes a great Darkling, I also feel like it's strange people are complaining about humanizing him too much in the show with a very short glimpse into Grisha persecution, I think they actually accomplished making him less human by lessening his affections for Alina (like I said, I was never a Darkling fan but I do think in the books he shows more genuine care for Alina aside from a means to an end...it's just that the end was always more important to him). Just my 2¢ anyway, looking forward to season 2!

The Crows stole the show for sure. I had been waffling between reading them or not but I will definitely be reading that duology now. Nina and Matthias were so adorable! That reenactment of the Titanic scene finally proved that Rose was an ass and didn't wanna share the driftwood. I'm surprised so many mentioned they thought the show made the Darkling more human. He was one of my favorite characters in the books because of how great a villain he was. You could understand where he was coming from but you also knew he was going about it the wrong way (In the books I was totally rooting for him though. I really didn't like Alina and Mal lol). Which makes me very happy that Mal was way better here and while I still found Alina annoying, was a bit more bearable. 🐐

I’ve always loved the Crows most of all, so seeing them come to life from the books was pretty incredible - I was worried about how Kaz would be written, that they’d make him too morally good: but I think they’ve done a great job of showing just how ruthless and vicious he can be, while still making him likable and fun, and hinting at everything in his backstory that we haven’t seen yet. I really hope season two focuses more on the Crows’ story, so we can spend more time in Ketterdam!

The speaking of actual Russian in certain moments while everyone has a British accent definitely was definitely funny when it wasn't meant to be, but overall I think they did a good job, especially blending the Crows into the story. I'm very happy with the changes they made to Alina, and the casting in general was fantastic, even if the writing was strained at times. Loved this review style! :)

Loved that he felt the need to point out which one of you was the "clueless man". 😂 Never read the books and don't intend on doing so, but the TV series is very good and I will continue to watch if it gets more seasons. Definitely a Mal and Alina Shipper. Frankly, I worry about the Darkling and Alina shippers. He's hot but, ya know also a narcissistic sociopath whose power mad so probably Not relationship material. Jesper and Milo 🐐 were my favorites from the show. 😍

The Kaz actor is my choice to play Glotka in a First Law show

The flowers scene made me gasp to but at the same time Darklina is chemistry 😍 is insane. But when he puts the antlers on her it Killed me it's was such a violation.

I had the exact same reaction to that scene with the Irises. I was like "oh heeeeell no!"

When the cast was first announced I was absolutely pissed! The only ones I thought were a perfect choice were Kirigan and Inej, maybe Mal and Zoya too. After watching the series, I have to say that whoever cast these people was touched by divine inspiration. They were just perfect!

As someone who hasn't read the books I too was surprised by how well Alina being part Shu worked with the universe/themes they seem to be going for! I was like "ok, but why WASN'T book!Alina part Shu???" It not only helps us sympathize with her very quickly, but it also allows the writers/directors to sneak in commentary (e.g. how "Sankta Alina" is always whitewashed in her depictions as a white girl with blond hair and blue eyes- from how she's depicted on posters to the casting of her in theatrical plays- all while when people see Alina in the flesh and realize she's mixed race the atmosphere suddenly becomes really awkward and some- like the Queen- even treat her like a savage).

🐐 I agree that the Darkling was a bit monolythic in the beginning. But they did give him interesting motivations. You get why he does things, why people follow him and why he became that way. Ben Barnes gave us an amazing performance through and through though! Milo is the best character of the show. I'll die on that hill!

This review made me so happy because I’ve been so curious to see how non readers would take to it all 🐐

🐐 Milo was my fave emotional support animal 😍. I only read the Shadow and Bone books. I do plan to read the rest of the books before season 2. I liked the show a lot. Malina was better on the show and Keeper and Inez were my faves. I wish we could have seen more of A line's training and more of the Darkling's menace. I didn't think he needed to be humanized so much. Overall, I liked the way show looked and sounded and enjoyed the story.

“Fure-bee-der” 🤣🤣 I’m just gonna call it that from now on 🐐

I love when you do videos together , it’s fun seeing two pov’s and I love your chill vibes , and I TOO will reread the books

I noticed that for the three SoC characters, it was their backstory. By the time SoC started Kaz already knew Nina. But in the show, they didn't actually meet until end.

When I watched this with my husband, he literally only looked up to watch when the Crows were on the screen! Even though I loved the Shadow and Bone trilogy.. In a way, I don’t blame him. 😂

I 100% agree with the changes made to Mal’s character and making him way more likeable. I thought Mal and Alina were super cute in the show (in the book, I honestly didn’t care about either of them very much! 😬). I read the books (Shadow and Bone trilogy and Six of Crows duology) for the first time in April and then watched the show with my husband, who had not read them. I loved seeing your interactions with your husband (your face when he was talking about Jesper’s shooting skills! 😂) and it reminded me of the conversations we had. Loved the interactions of the Crows and the addition of Milo was pretty great as well 🐐

Jasper and Milo are my favourite ❤️

Haha this was so fun, I'm glad both of you liked the show! From what I've seen so far, the majority of non-readers seem to have prefer the Crows to the main Alina storyline. While I agree they were interwoven really well, I kind of wish we got a Six of Crows spin off so we can focus just on their heists and character dynamics. The casting overall for this show was A+. Kudos to Sean for caring about the Nina and Matthias plotline. I've been freaking out over their scenes to all my friends who have not read the books and they're just looking at me like: who? They were barely there! The CHEMISTRY though! They owned my heart. Also I'm really impressed by how the show managed to make Mal into a likeable character. I was just as pissed off by the blue irises scene as you, Elle and apparently so was Ben Barnes lol

Great video. I love seeing you both together. I was very much impressed with the show. My husband hasn’t read the books and he really liked it as well. 🐐

My friend who didn’t read the book liked they gave each character some bg and info so she can connect with them, whereas readers like us went into the show knowing who each are, plus the 8 ep limit, the prod team is on the clock with a mission to get audiences into the world asap, thoroughly enjoyed this sharing between you two, maybe do episodes reviews😁?

I also watched the show with a clueless man 😆 My dad’s commentary made the show even better to me 🐐 . . . . We both died every time they had the flashback to Mal and Alina’s hand holding - it happened in so many episodes! We get it! I was also impressed with how similar the younger actors looked to them though. My dad got so upset when the stag died, and also thought the necklace was gross. Because it was. The necklace is one of the changes I’m more upset about because I liked how that was used in the books. But anyway I’m ready for season 2 aka where is Nikolai!

I think you guys are so cute 😍 I agree they definitely made the Darkling more human, The books are just Alina's pov but with the show the actors being able to play out how they feel the characters are makes all of them more human. Plus... Ben Barnes oh man😍. However I think they make Mal more likable as well. The books (especially 2nd) make me feel like he resents her now. Show Mal much better🤷‍♀️ to me. I haven't read the 6 of crows so am also curious to see how that goes. As far as the issues with Witcher..the first season got a lot of grief for the time line jumbled but just wait for next season. It's suposed to be way more if not completely lineal. Don't give up on Henry! 😄 ❤❤❤❤🐐🐐🐐❤❤❤❤🦌🦌🦌!

I absolutely loved the show. I also had a lot of fun recognising lots of locations since it was filmed in my home country. We recently visited the "Little Palace" on a family trip :D

So I should give this a second chance? I got to the part where The SHADOW, or Darkman, if you will. Is having the beauty mage get her ready for seeing the king and queen and it just seemed to me she was so accepting of now being upper class it threw me out of the story. It felt like many of the Shanarra Chronicles epsiods where I was like .. this feels like a new generation saved by the bell (yeah I am old) story line.

I also loved the make me your villain delivery! It did really bug me that they changed the ending with the fold, because it shows that Alina is also willing to kill which is the whole “like calls to like” with the Darkling

GOOD, CLUELESS MAN SEEMS TO BE A KAZ FAN. YOU HAVE MY BLESSINGS.

I also watched with my husband who is also clueless. He really enjoyed it and also really liked the Six of Crows crew! I also had to leave a lot of information out for him so he wouldn't be spoiled! I was so upset that we found out The Darkling's name so early on!

🐐 All hail sankt Milo ! ;) Love this concept with you as a fan and your husband as a newbie it gives us a broeader perspective on how the show can be seen ! I think we were really lucky to have such a good adaptation, cast, costumes etc everything was on point ! They mixed the croxs with shadow and bone so well ! It's really rare to have something that pleses book fans and new commers. I can't wait for next season more crows and NIKOLAI ! Also yeah your husband reading six of crows would be great !

So my husband and I are somewhere in between you guys. We've read the original Grisha trilogy and some of the novellas but not Six of Crows. We both enjoyed the show. I liked how they incorporated those characters into the storyline and am more intrigued by them now. The Darkling's back story came from one of the novellas, so that was really cool how they incorporated that as well. 🐐

I have never read the books. But the netflix show was amazing! I loved it right away!! So now i am excited to read the books!

I love the show so much and your husband's reactions to everything are precious 😂🐐💖

So excited to watch this. My husband and I finished the show last night, I read all the books, he knew nothing. ♥️🌸

I am so here for husband reads SoC vlog, especially because it seems like he would honestly enjoy it.

Mr Clueless Man would be happy to know that Jesper's actor, Kit Young, actually learned how to spin those revolvers. It was real. At first they thought they would have to make some moments into CGI but the actor got so good at it he pulled it all off lol.

The Crows are the best! I'm dying at Fyorduhduur

The characters were absolutely fabulous- loved them (and I haven’t read the books). I really liked every single one of the characters, including the Dark-night-shadow-man!

20:25 when you know something clueless man doesn't lol

I was looking forward to your review! I really enjoyed the show, rewatched it second time with my sister. I'm really curious to see how are they gonna change Siege&Storm story now that Crows are in the picture. The author said she doesn't want Darkling and parem stories to collide, so I'm really excited to see what they are gonna come up with ^_^ I loved the whole cast so much! 🐐

I had been on a vacation for a while and now that I'm back, it feels so good to watch your videos again. 😍 Also, loved the show and both your opinions. ❤️

Spoilers: I haven’t read the books yet but I knew a little bit from your review of them. Watched it with my husband, we really enjoyed it. That scene where the Darkling asks about the flowers my husband straight away said that he thought he was going to give her the flowers. Favourite character was Jesper, least was Zoya. I like the Darkling because he’s not just the evil villain, there’s a reason for it and you understand. Did you notice the Leigh Bardugo cameo where she hugged Alina when she was meeting the Grisha?

I loved the 🐐 as well, but I ADORE the crows, their dynamic, skills, emotional ties to one another, my goodness!

I don't know how to leave a goat emoji here, but I loved the books and I was actually surprised how much I loved the show, I was skeptical about it after seeing the preview and when I first found out about it they made more hype over the six of crows characters and I was completely confused by that, but I really liked the way they tied the two storylines together, I thought it was really well done, and I'm so excited for season 2. My husband also loved it, he likes the six of Crows books better, so he was thrilled when they were neatly tied into the story.

Absolutely LOVED the first season. Can't wait till the next one. 🐐

I haven't read the books but a pretty great show! Looking forward to season 2!

Better than the books, because it departed from first person. Mal is not a disinterested party like he was in the books. Pulling in the Crows trilogy was a great thing as well. Made interesting TV. Also, I appreciated the fact that they dropped you into this without exposition via narration. You had to figure out what the world was and what things meant by what they showed, not what they narrated.

I hope you liked Jesper more now 👀 lol but yeah the crows are definitely my favorite part of the show and Nina and Matthias had great chemistry. 🐐

The thumbnail and title for this video are EVERYTHING 😂

Nice seeing u two together on ur channel!! Happy reading to you both!!! 🎬📖

As pleasantly surprised as I was at how good this adaptation was, I can’t help but be disheartened by how disappointing and lackluster the adaptations of The Witcher and His Dark Materials shows are in comparison. (Two of my favorite book series). Both are arguably much better than the Grishaverse books and yet their tv series were so poorly written and paced. It makes me so sad. I wish the film/Tv industry valued and prioritized writing/writers more than they do. A well written script and a team of great writers really does make all the difference.

I haven’t read the books I am loving the show 1 episode left. I am more engaged with the Six of Crows characters. I love the whole show. I have also found some new young actors to follow.

Ok, I have to say that I was really hesitant about the books as I was hearing that they are more on the younger specter and sometimes characters are annoying, but after the show, I've picked up the books, because the show made me so interested in the world and the characters. Also, I've read the Six of Crows and I loved how the show incorporated the crows. And omg the goat 🐐❤️

I preferred the Six of Crows duology and was a bit worried how they would combine the stories in the show. I think it turned out really well and am looking forward to see where it goes. I especially like that Mal is better in the show, I didn't like him in the books. But I still preferred the SoC characters in the show overall

I didn’t read the shadow and bone books but the show made me want to... that’s how great it was! Also... it makes me hopeful for new adaptations 🐐

I think I enjoyed the show better because they left out all the jealousy from Mal that I found quite toxic in the books and prevented me from rooting for hin. Show Mal is just sweet!

His text messages with all the nicknames are AMAZING :'DDD

I'm also a clueless woman and I didn't know what was happening during half of this show. So I didn't really enjoy it, but I just ordered the books! Hopefully, I will understand the plot better. Also, the costumes were kind of weird, it seemed to me that half of the costumes were from the early 20th century and the rest from the 17th century. But overall I like the idea and I love the cast!

🐐 I thought episode one was difficult because I haven’t read the books and had no idea who anyone was or what was going on. By episode 2 I was hooked though. I have been a huge Ben Barnes fan since Prince Caspian. I just love him so much and his type casting lately is frustrating. LOVED him in this role and can’t wait to see more from him. I think I’m going to read the books next. I’m interested enough in the story/world to give it a go. I really enjoyed the show though. Couldn’t stop! Watched it all in 2 days…only because I had to sleep!

I think they did a great job with the Darkling. It kept me in suspense in wondering if this guy was actually evil or not. I think she was right when she said they “humanized” them. I think a great villain in any story, book, movie is one who you can root for at points and actually understand their reasoning behind what was being done. He was able to show that he was doing evil to protect the people he cared about which is always a plus for me.

EB, you really need to read "Demon in the Wood". It's a prequel novella about the Darkling.

🐐🐐🐐I really love your videos!!!!! Greetings from Costa Rica! 🐐🐐🐐

I never read either series so I’m really glad I watched this video! I loved the show and was considering picking up the books, but the Six Of Crows characters were definitely my favorite so I might start there. And Elliott I agree about the scene with the flowers!! UGH I was so mad, my partner and I were yelling at him for being a big meanie

This was a really enjoyable adaptation imo - Painting over a lot of the weaknesses from the book with visual spectacle and beautiful costume and set design was a start, but actually structurally improving both stories by smooshing them together? Excellent. They really rebalanced the bloated character introspection by upping the number of things happening at any one time. It just made the whole seem more focussed and pacy. I do still think it could have been an episode shorter without issue - all the bits with the train crossing and getting the plans of the building, monologues over bleak shots of characters, etc., were just world texture. Much of the violence was just unnecessary posturing though - I get that a YA audience likes to feel treated like a grownup but it just came off as trying too hard to appear gritty - like a warhammer novel trying to tell impressionable teens how dark and twisty it is.

Interestingly, I think the actors of Mel and Alina had more chemistry than the characters in the books ever had (they were pretty awkward with each other a lot of the time) - but I really liked it. I was not the biggest fan of the depiction of Zoya (to on the nose for my taste) and some choices they made for Alina (I think some things might make it more difficult for characters like Zoya and the Twins to distinguish themselves later).

I loved the show , but it was definitely missing some iconic parts from the book , my favorite part from the books is when genya kicks zoya out of her room while showing off that Alina is wearing the darklings color , and also the part where the darkling says “ wanting makes us weak “ . But I will say the series makes the darkling seam more sympathetic . And either way I’m still a Simp for the darkling

🐐 so my fiancé is one of those people who won’t just frikin watch a show if he thinks I have any idea of what’s going on as far as twists , spoilers. Etc. When the darkling became the romantic interest , he was like “he’s the bad guy isn’t he ? He’s the heretic isn’t he ?!” I’m like “ just shut up and watch it ! Why do you want me to spoil it ?!” I haven’t read the six of crows so I had to let him know not to ask my any questions about those characters because I had no intel on that subject lol

Nicknames ha! I love it. Sometimes I do that, too. So forgive as I don't know. I've not read any of the books, so I need to just confirm. The Shadow and Bone trilogy came before the Six of Crows? I want to read the books before I see the series. Thanks! Again...love the nicknames. Awesome.

🐐I started to read Shadow and Bone a long time ago, but I don't think I finished it (or at least I don't remember much), and then recently I read six of Crows. I thought the Netflix series was awesome, and they handled everything so well. Well done, Netflix! I did not like the Keftas. I just felt it looked like a Turkish rug or something. Pretty, but I don't think it fit

Hahaha husbands the mvps of booktube

My husband calls it "The Shadows Bone" He said "its not bad" but he's also clueless about whats going on even though I tried to explain the series mash up. I think this series is merely one step up from a CW series tbh. Best scene being jesper and the goat.

i neeed an hour long video of the song at the end

Great review your husband is a legend. I am dying. =D

I didn’t even make it through one episode 😬 I felt like it was super cringe. I hate that they added the six of crows characters when they had nothing to do with the initial trilogy, just felt like fan service to me. I don’t picture things when I read so I don’t understand the hype behind the cast. The darkling could’ve been way hotter. On the plus side the show was nice to look at but not enough to keep me watching.

As someone who’s only on the second shadow and bone book and hasn’t read six of crows, after watching the show all I want to do is read six of crows!!

🐐 I enjoy the review! I really liked the show. I've not read the books but I now want to just to see what happens. I thought the did very well with the show and I liked all the characters.

"Fjerbaher" really made my day

🐐🐐 Spoilers . . . . . Alina kidnapping herself was definitely my favourite moment. So funny

🐐 any scene with Milo

Saw the first episode and when it was over I thought, this would be so much better animated.

Feeurburder 🤣 Will never be Fjerdan again. I think the show is better than the books, and I liked the trilogy better than Six of Crows. I didn't think The Darkling wasn't sinister enough and they didn't show enough of Alina at the Little Palace. Felt a little more telling instead of showing. Like Genya betraying her didn't hit as hard as it did in the book. Would have been perfect with a couple more episodes I think.

That final episode was god awful. The whole stag showing up at the last second and everything we thought we knew was suddenly not so... really bad.

As a book adaptation this show was perfect, even with the changes. What I feel a lot of adaptations don't get right and is one of the biggest drawbacks is portraying the characters personalities correctly. S&B changed things on the plot yes, but the characters were the same as in thr books and that made it so good (as an adaptation)

I thought the show was super good! Excited that we have another good fantasy adaptation 🐐

Lol I called the darkling “darkness dude” the whole time