This “week” we read Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo. We talk about Alina’s not-like-other-girls problem, how to make her a more interesting character, and about how sometimes fans make things worse.

Content Warnings: Violence, injury, abuse of power, referenced sexual assault and exploitation, emotional manipulation, killing animals for both food and sacrifice, internalized misogyny, beauty standards, classism, orphans, and a country at war.

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Music

Intro: I Wear Headphones by Silent Partner

Outro: Good Vibes by MBB