The Conversations With Friends Ending Can’t Quite Save This Lukewarm AdaptationWarning: contains spoilers for the Conversations With Friends finale. The Conversations With Friends limited series, an adaptation of Irish author Sally Rooney’s debut novel, is a story about the many ways four people come together and fall apart… May 18 22May 18, 2022Article at Den of Geek
How Apple TV+’s Pachinko Made the Most of Its Changes From the Original BookFrom its opening scene and title cards, Pachinko invokes the concept of intergenerational familial bonds, with a woman we will learn is Sunja’s mother outside Busan, Korea in 1915 begging for a curse to be lifted from her bloodline. She talks about… May 13 22May 13, 2022Article at Paste
Delilah Green Doesn't Care: A Sexy Queer Romance with Emotional HeftCould you ever date that person from your childhood? Whether they tormented you or were simply weird, someone guaranteed to make your friends’ eyes go wide? Or, perhaps more richly in this case, what does it mean for someone who’s always running away… Feb 23 22February 23, 2022Article at Paste
Normal People Ending ExplainedOne of the many strengths of Normal People—both Sally Rooney’s sophomore novel and the new Hulu adaptation—is how it shows the way that two people can interpret the same events in wildly different ways. While this can be both painful or poetic, it… Apr 29 20April 29, 2020Article at Den of Geek
Den of Geek's Best Books of 2019To cover and consume popular culture in this era of #PeakContent is to constantly be making choices. This means it is more important now than ever to reflect on the ways in which "best of" lists, just like pop culture itself, are subjective—shaped by… Dec 30 19December 30, 2019Article at Den of Geek
Autumnal Book Guide: 16 Best Fall 2019 ReadsThere's never a bad season of the year for reading. Whether it's winter, summer, spring, or fall, there's a reading habit that goes oh-so-well with the season. But there's something about fall—when the leaves are changing (at least in some parts of… Oct 24 19October 24, 2019Article at Den of Geek
The Witch Who Inspired The Handmaid's Tale"I was hanged for living alone for having blue eyes and a sunburned skin, tattered skirts, few buttons, a weedy farm in my own name, and a surefire cure for warts; Oh yes, and breasts, and a sweet pear hidden in my body. Whenever there's talk of… Oct 23 17October 23, 2017Article at Ravishly