Boo!

[rose_griffes]

Happy Halloween, y’all!

Tana French’s first novel, In the Woods, was good almost-Halloween fare. First-person murder mystery novel, told by (surprise, surprise) a detective with childhood trauma. It works, though. I did figure out one key piece before the end, if not all the motivations.

Started but didn’t finish Dinner for One: How Cooking in Paris Saved Me, by Sutanya Dacres. My previous experience with memoir + cookbook left me with little appetite (pun intended) for the genre, so… yeah. Gonna try the apple dessert recipe, though.

Amazon’s Rings of Power had a strong finale–intriguing enough for me to watch season two when it comes out. It still fits in the “good not great” category for me, but it edged a lot higher within that category by the end.

The first two episodes of She-Hulk: Attorney-At-Law were more fun than I expected, although uneven. But it’s hard to go truly astray with Tatiana Maslany as the lead. She’s telegenic and a talented actor.

Having just (re)signed up for Disney Plus, I’ll probably go for some Star Wars shows next: Andor for sure, maybe the Obi-Wan show. The thing is, I’m not sure how interested I am. Or rather, I’m just not as interested as I thought I’d be; not sure how much of that is Disney’s amazing failures with the sequel trilogy, or that I’m just not in much of a drama kind of mood. Hm.

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

She Hulk is unfortunately uneven throughout, though it's light fare that goes down pretty easily.

Just my opinion, but the failures with the sequel trilogy seem to have been continued in Kenobi, which was a little crushing for me as I was so looking forward to it.

On the other hand, Andor is like nothing they've done before. May not be everyone's cup of tea as there's a lot that's very topical in it and you probably need some investment in the lead character. But it's definitely their best live action series so far.

[rose_griffes]

Just started Andor and it's fantastic. As a Battlestar Galactica fan, I'm here for sci-fi drama exploring the darker side of humanity.

(Rogue One is an uneven but excellent movie, and I did indeed feel invested in Cassian - at least, as invested as one can be for a character that only 'lived' in one movie. And while there are directions they could have gone for his backstory that I might have prefered for the show, it's hard to hold a grudge when they're executing their vision so well.)

[yourlibrarian]

It's funny that we were discussing She Hulk in this same thread because to me the two shows are the very opposite of one another -- not only in tone but execution. Unlike SH, Andor, now 10 episodes in, is extremely clear about what it wants to do and where it is going. And that's a great comparison to BSG, yes. It explores the complications of a seemingly hopeless fight, and it also creates some incredible tension in various episodes where action breaks out.

Rogue One has been my favorite of the non-original trilogy films so I was glad when I heard they'd been doing more with it.

[rose_griffes]

Andor digging into the different sides and aspects of the fight is a big part of why I like it. Although I'm still not interested in Syril, *sigh*.

[yourlibrarian]

BTW, as you mentioned you might be checking out more SW content, I thought I'd point you to dreamwars, especially once you finish Andor as you could get tips and some chat on the shows there.