What I have been reading and watching
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scripsiAs lways spoilers under the cuts.
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley. I really liked this book, set in Victorian London, but with a couple of strong fantasy and steampunk elements. It started out with a telegraphist receiving a mysterious watch as an anonymous gift, and a bomb threat, and I thought it would be a bit of a thriller, but it isn’t, really. But it’s a bit hard to describe what happens without spoilers. I can say it’s about a man who see the colours of sounds, and a woman who want to see the ether. And about a man who remembers his future and forgets his past. And two love stories. And a clockwork octopus. And I enjoyed every page of it. This is Pulley’s debit novel and it makes me really excited to see what she writes next.
Grimm is over, and I think it got a good finale. I was convinced Renard and Eve/Juliette would die to make up for evil deeds, as that is what usually happens to ambiguous characters like that, and I was really pleased when they didn’t. I also liked the glimpse of a future with Diana and Kelly bickering very sibling-like, and clearly being close to Monroe and Rosalee’s triplets (though I would have loved to learn what kind of Wessen they became). And by Diana’s mention of Mum and Dud suggest Renard continues to be an ally. Still sorry it’s over.
Last episode of OUAT was quite good, I think. Well, Oded fehr was finally back, which alone made it better, but I also liked Jasmine’s story. But I’m so tired of the hysterical pace of this show. After teasing us with the Agraba plot since forever, everything is suddenly over and finished with. I really do think there was room for a couple of episodes on this. I liked how it finally ties in with the ending of Wonderland, when it concerned Jafar. I like less that a lot of his characterisation is ignored. One of the most interesting things about him in Wonderland was how he had several chances of redeeming himself, and constantly choose otherwise. And his overwhelming need to be loved. Oded fehr is a great actor and I know he would have done a good job of it, if he only got the chance. And now he is a stick. I suspect not forever, though, as Hook seems set on enlisting Jafar’s help to get back to Emma.
I loved Snow getting drunk and picking fight with a gang of Vikings, and got annoyed with Gideon. I mean, Emma is the Saviour and Gideon was kidnapped by his evil grandmother who abused him. I’m sure Emma would have agreed to go after her without being coerced into it.
And Versailles will start airing in Sweden on April 13. Wohoo! I only hope it won’t be any hassle, as it’s on a streaming channel we don’t have. It ought not to be a problem, but I’m always sceptical to those things until they do work. I really, really want to watch the new season. If worst come to worst the French DVD will be released by the end of April (with both the English and the French-dubbed version). But I think that if you are in USA you’ll need a DVD player which can play European DVDs.
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley. I really liked this book, set in Victorian London, but with a couple of strong fantasy and steampunk elements. It started out with a telegraphist receiving a mysterious watch as an anonymous gift, and a bomb threat, and I thought it would be a bit of a thriller, but it isn’t, really. But it’s a bit hard to describe what happens without spoilers. I can say it’s about a man who see the colours of sounds, and a woman who want to see the ether. And about a man who remembers his future and forgets his past. And two love stories. And a clockwork octopus. And I enjoyed every page of it. This is Pulley’s debit novel and it makes me really excited to see what she writes next.
Grimm is over, and I think it got a good finale. I was convinced Renard and Eve/Juliette would die to make up for evil deeds, as that is what usually happens to ambiguous characters like that, and I was really pleased when they didn’t. I also liked the glimpse of a future with Diana and Kelly bickering very sibling-like, and clearly being close to Monroe and Rosalee’s triplets (though I would have loved to learn what kind of Wessen they became). And by Diana’s mention of Mum and Dud suggest Renard continues to be an ally. Still sorry it’s over.
Last episode of OUAT was quite good, I think. Well, Oded fehr was finally back, which alone made it better, but I also liked Jasmine’s story. But I’m so tired of the hysterical pace of this show. After teasing us with the Agraba plot since forever, everything is suddenly over and finished with. I really do think there was room for a couple of episodes on this. I liked how it finally ties in with the ending of Wonderland, when it concerned Jafar. I like less that a lot of his characterisation is ignored. One of the most interesting things about him in Wonderland was how he had several chances of redeeming himself, and constantly choose otherwise. And his overwhelming need to be loved. Oded fehr is a great actor and I know he would have done a good job of it, if he only got the chance. And now he is a stick. I suspect not forever, though, as Hook seems set on enlisting Jafar’s help to get back to Emma.
I loved Snow getting drunk and picking fight with a gang of Vikings, and got annoyed with Gideon. I mean, Emma is the Saviour and Gideon was kidnapped by his evil grandmother who abused him. I’m sure Emma would have agreed to go after her without being coerced into it.
And Versailles will start airing in Sweden on April 13. Wohoo! I only hope it won’t be any hassle, as it’s on a streaming channel we don’t have. It ought not to be a problem, but I’m always sceptical to those things until they do work. I really, really want to watch the new season. If worst come to worst the French DVD will be released by the end of April (with both the English and the French-dubbed version). But I think that if you are in USA you’ll need a DVD player which can play European DVDs.
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Date: 2017-04-05 03:41 pm (UTC)I agree, Grimm had a very satisfactory finale, I enjoyed it, but am going to miss the series, and all its lovely characters. Glad that Renard was redeemed too, and all of the "Scooby" gang was happily reunited at the end.
The little epilogue scene was charming too.
Regarding OUAT - It was great to see Oded Fehr again, but I feel he was sadly underused. I would have preferred his character of Jafar to be the S6 "big bad", but oh well. Hopefully, he will be un-enchanted from staff status, so we can see him sometime again. Also glad that Emma has finally realized that Killian will always love her, and has not "abandoned" her. Although I don't really like the way the writers have handled this aspect of the plot. Oh well.
And so far, no one is telling us if the series is cancelled, or will go on to a S7.
Since I'm in the USA, I'll have to wait to see Versailles, but our local station that airs it has renewed it, so eventually I'll get to watch S2. SOOOOO Looking forward to its return! I dearly love t his series, especially as my other favorite,, Black Sails has sadly just finished its final season (but beautifully so, with only a couple of quibbles).