Shadow And Bone’s Cancellation Highlights A Greater Fantasy Adaptation Problem

Shadow and Bone‘s cancellation has come as a massive disappointment to fans of the Netflix series, and it highlights a greater problem when it comes to fantasy book adaptations. Based on Leigh Bardugo’s best-selling Grishaverse novels, Shadow and Bone throws viewers into the world of Ravka, a nation split in half thanks to a dark and dangerous barrier called Shadow Fold. When a young woman with the ability to wield light appears, it seems like Alina Starkov (Jessie Mei Li) is destined to tear down the mysterious Fold. However, upon joining the second army, she learns there’s deep corruption to contend with — both among Ravka’s royalty and the magic-wielding Grisha.