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wonderful. fantastic

Revisado: 10-21-24

okay, gotta get this one out of the way: THEY TOOK OUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE INTERACTIONS (Ghastek: I demand an explanation! Robert: let me know how that goes for you, I've been demanding an explanation for the last two weeks. Jim: you're not in a position to demand anything! Robert: me?!?! Jim: no, him!)

that aside I was pleased on pretty much every count for this one. Roland was simultaneously scary and shockingly normal all at once, which was great. Nora Sofyan killed it as always. Robert's 'death' was somehow just as sad as the first time I read the book years ago. Ghastek cracked me up. I also very much enjoyed Ascanio's voice as well. And finally I'd like to just thank GA for not giving any of the queer guys characters a stereotypical 'gay man' voice, because I was slightly afraid of that.

All in all, good work on pretty much the most pivotal book in the series. A lot happened and this adaptation tackled it very well.

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I was waiting with trepidation and I was not disappointed

Revisado: 09-08-24

I won't lie, I have been waiting for this adaptation since the very first book, because this book introduces my favorite character. Not just in the KD series but one of my all time favorite characters in all literature. I have loved Christopher ever since I first read Magic Rises as a teenager and I knew if they massacred my boy I would never forgive GA. Fortunately they absolutely NAILED Christopher! Whoever does his voice did even better than I could've dreamed. He sounds exactly as adorable and pathetic and unhinged as I wanted and I am so pleased. VERY eager to hear more. (they did take out one of my favorite exchanges "so far [Christopher] has thrown up and tried to dive in the bathtub" "at the same time?" "thankfully no" but they did so well on all my other favorite moments with him, especially the 'are you an angel' and 'does that help?' parts that I can forgive this one.)

Christopher aside, the rest of this installation was also amazing. This book was the first time I was truly impressed with the VA for Curran (Micheal Glenn, I think?). Don't get me wrong, he's been great up to this point but in this one I found myself having to pause to be impressed with his voice acting. Nora Sofyan killed it as always. Hugh not having a British accent was more than a little jarring but this VA is selling it well enough that I don't mind the different take. My other faves also did amazing. Barabas my perpetually sarcastic beloved and Jim my beloathed were awesome. I have never liked Jim but Kenyatta Rogers makes me wish he was in this book more, a feat I previously thought impossible. I don't know the name of Andrea's VA but I would non-literally give an arm for her to do Gunmetal Magic.

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great adaptation of the first in a much loved series

Revisado: 04-08-24

this is one of my all time favorite book series and I am thrilled that GA is doing their adaptation. I adore all of the casting choices in this book, which was my biggest worry going into it. Nora and Micheal (Kate and Curran) were fantastic picks who gave a wonderful performance. I wasn't sure if anyone could do justice to Renee Raudman's original reading of the series, but Nora Sofyan is more than holding her own. Several side characters were also done so well. Jim is FLAWLESS (not something I ever thought I would say about Jim) and I enjoy Derek's voice as well. Saiman is done fantastically. But none of it holds a candle to the casting and voice work done by the voice actor who played the upir. If I or anyone else thought he was scary just on the page or read by Raudman, then GA and this voice actor brought him to life in a truly bone chilling way. I legit had to pause a few times the first time I listened to his first confrontation with Kate on the porch. I tip my hat. 15/10 skin crawling job.

There are not that many outtakes or alterations to this one from the original, or if there are they didn't hugely stand out to me. Magic Bites isn't as long or as deeply beloved to me as some of the later books, so this doesn't surprise me. Overall I'm pleased with the adaptation. If I have any gripes, it's that it's a little hard to understand Ghastek when he's talking through a vampire.

Finally, she nailed my favorite line in the whole book: "Also, the Beast Lord can't hammer for shit!"

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