I missed the release of a new Toby Daye book in September; I plowed through it in a few days last week and this week. A Killing Frost is the title--Seanan McGuire always uses some kind of 3-word Shakespeare reference for titles in this series, but I don't know which play or poem is the source. At any rate: McGuire continues course in an engaging book series. I don't think about these characters when I'm done with these books, but it's very immersive as I read.
Carnival Row finished stronger than it began, but it was still a bit of a mess. I enjoyed it; yes, it's a bit grim, but given that I didn't have a deep connection to the characters, it was tolerable. They got to a stopping point by the end of episode 8; it leaves plenty to explore in a second season without being an intolerable cliffhanger.
The show had not one, but two women written more in the mold of Lady MacBeth than as Jezebels. And both characters were played by excellent actresses, so it was fun to see.
Also on Amazon Prime: Hunters. I believe it was![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
fleurviolette who recommended the show. I've watched two episodes (of ten) and I'm very undecided. It's far more violent than my usual fare. As was Carnival Row, for that matter, but a story set in a thoroughly fictional world, with made-up countries and non-human characters, makes the violence feel less intimate. The visuals of CR played into that as well.
Hunters, on the other hand, is well-ground in the early 1970s, with some spectactularly well-done costumes and sets, a phenomenal musical score, and authentic songs from the era when appropriate. Even with all its flaws, it's a dazzling show. But I don't like the framing of the recurring villains, and as mentioned above, the amount of violence that accompanies them.
The concept is fairly direct, even though it unfolds slowly over the 90-minute opening episode: ( you'd probably figure out most of this if you watch a trailer but I'm cutting this for spoiler-phobes )
Carnival Row finished stronger than it began, but it was still a bit of a mess. I enjoyed it; yes, it's a bit grim, but given that I didn't have a deep connection to the characters, it was tolerable. They got to a stopping point by the end of episode 8; it leaves plenty to explore in a second season without being an intolerable cliffhanger.
The show had not one, but two women written more in the mold of Lady MacBeth than as Jezebels. And both characters were played by excellent actresses, so it was fun to see.
Also on Amazon Prime: Hunters. I believe it was
fleurviolette who recommended the show. I've watched two episodes (of ten) and I'm very undecided. It's far more violent than my usual fare. As was Carnival Row, for that matter, but a story set in a thoroughly fictional world, with made-up countries and non-human characters, makes the violence feel less intimate. The visuals of CR played into that as well. Hunters, on the other hand, is well-ground in the early 1970s, with some spectactularly well-done costumes and sets, a phenomenal musical score, and authentic songs from the era when appropriate. Even with all its flaws, it's a dazzling show. But I don't like the framing of the recurring villains, and as mentioned above, the amount of violence that accompanies them.
The concept is fairly direct, even though it unfolds slowly over the 90-minute opening episode: ( you'd probably figure out most of this if you watch a trailer but I'm cutting this for spoiler-phobes )