Gerard Butler producing A Darker Shade of Magic television adaptation

[milfordacademy]

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[fenchurchly]

omffgggg

This explains why Victoria was in LA for a few weeks.

I need them to get the coat right, also for Lila to be perfect.

[milfordacademy]

I need them to cast POC as the Mareshes, not tan white people

[fenchurchly]

IA! There are several characters that are canon PoC so they better stick to that.

[sivartt]

victoria says it'll be done right, and i trust that she'll pull some weight to make it happen

[just444]

love that series

[just444]

the lunar chronicles would make a kick-ass limited series

[fenchurchly]

Did the books get better? The first one felt too middle grade for me to continue.

[undivided_self]

Not that user but I strongly disliked the first one and really liked the other ones, mainly for the characters.

[sassalicious]

yes!

[kjesta]

I still haven't made it past p.130 of the first book. Don't care for the characters, the writing style is inoffensive but nothing special, the premise is OK I guess? But it's mostly just a big blob of meh.

The Bartimaeus trilogy definitely deserves an adaptation, and a TV series at that IMO. It's so good at character development, funny, whip-smart. And now that I'm older I also recognize that it actually speaks of the cyclical nature of oppressive power structures and imperialism. One of the few books that only get better as I age.

I also liked "Rivers of London", I only wish the narrator spent less time detailing how fuckable each woman is he comes across, ugh. Bc otherwise that book was rly good, and it goes in on racism and prejudices etc.

[therearewords]

Barti, yes!

[tanglespiders]

I'm not entirely caught up on Rivers of London, but ia about everything

[nichcola]

I am loving the Rivers of London series, but I agree about the narrator.

[fenchurchly]

Also ty for the last book post - I'm reading Crosstalk right now and digging it!

[milfordacademy]

ahhhh that's so great!!! I know you like a little more angst in your books, and that one is more of a rom-com so I'm glad you're enjoying it ;)

[fenchurchly]

We have enough angst IRL at the moment so the rom-com vibe is perfect! :)