[Series Overview] Shades of Magic - V.E. Schwab

I started this series on: February 15, 2017
I finished this series on: February 23, 2017
Cover editions here updated on: May 6, 2023
Written content here updated on: March 3, 2020

Disclaimer, one you'd see on multiple posts As I struggled to decide which book series to cover overviews for, it dawned to me that I'd never get started at this rate. It became clear to me that, it's rather unlikely for me to use this blog as my "main" reviewing spot since I have Goodreads for that, and chances of someone miraculously stumbling across this blog out of the countless ones out there, is just rather slim, therefore, I'd put up links to my GR reviews (in English,) and this post would be in Chinese for people who are curious about the series but either aren't comfortable with or just don't prefer reading in English. Please also note that, sometimes I don't have time to write actual reviews, HOWEVER, I do always put down thoughts when I document my reading status updates, so for GR desktop users, remember to scroll down if it appears to contain little, it'd be under the quotes I liked from that book (when applicable lol;) for mobile app users, remember to switch to "Reading Activity," which would not be the default as "Review" is.

After settling the matter (for now, at least lol,) this trilogy was selected rather quickly, for I was told that it'd finally be published in Taiwan some time around 2020. Getting this post out there because I finished it for some time, wouldn't want to wait until EVERYONE else started posting this lmao.

Wow, 我超現實我承認xDDD 再用中文（帶資訊的）換句話說：就最近一次的目睹w 繁中版權由臉譜出版取得且預計2020年出書^{[出版社Facebook文]}。

Goodreads Choice Award：三集都入圍Fantasy（2015、2016和2017）

第一集於2016年2月被考慮製作成limited series^[Deadline]不過作者也有趕快澄清出品沒那麼容易^{[作者網誌]}，但消息滿一年多一點就宣佈由Sony得標讓該作登大螢幕的機會（還是只有第一集）^{[The Hollywood Reporter]}；然後就... 安靜了好一陣子xD 直到2019年10月才又有聲音ww^[Variety] 嘛，是個增進和網友互動的好話題（笑），影集和電影各有利弊啦，對於這部，很神奇飄到這網誌看到這裡的讀者們（有嗎？有嗎？），歡迎表示一下想法喔ww 覺得是改編成電影還是影集會比較適合呢？

好了，來囉！我覺得一言以蔽之，就是這三部曲真的是神hype作。你沒看錯，不是神作，而是被hype到爆的作品。它當時真的讓我覺得所有的人都在看，再不看，好像會很落伍，所以我就去看了（什麼爛理由xD）

轉眼間幾年過去了，這個當時轟轟烈烈的熱門作品，我其實一直以為所有集數一定早已在GR上超過100K評比，第一集1000K我也不會意外... 結果呢？下面數據是直接由GR擷取（會自動更新），但至2020年初，只有第一集超過100K呢！我覺得，這雖然不能實質代表什麼，因為好作品不代表很多人知道該去讀（喂喂）但只能說，有時候，自己認知上很紅的作品，隨著時光流逝，冷靜後退一步去看，可能是另一回事呢！一山還有一山高啦！

The actual review is, as usual, WIP, but like I said above, getting the post out there first.

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Disclaimer, one you'd see on multiple posts The following section, basically a gallery of editions around the world with different book cover art, is largely inspired by treatments of fellow blogger Amethyst, who unfortunately hasn't done those types of blog posts for a while. Please DO NOT mistaken the following to be all existing editions; I'm only including completed sets with matching designs. All clickable images are linked to respective editions on GR; people, shelving correct editions ain't that hard. Highly recommend accurate shelving. =D

以下涵蓋11款外加1推銷，記得看全文以觀賞喔 >:3


American English | 美式英文


British English | 英式英文


American English | 美式英文 （2023平裝）


български | Bulgarian | 保加利亞文


简体中文 （中国） | Simplified Chinese (China)


Français | French | 法文


Deutsch | German | 德文


bahasa Indonesia | Indonesian | 印尼文


português do Brasil | Brazilian Portuguese | 巴西葡萄牙文 （平裝套書書盒版）

巴西葡萄牙文正常平裝是採用英版封面，2021年開始宣傳同年10月販售的盒裝版，附一些特典呢！出版社官網我沒看到標限量之類的，所以算在正常版本www

српски / srpski | Serbian | 塞爾維亞文


ไทย | Thai | 泰文

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BONUS - DUST JACKET ONLY

British English | 英式英文 （Illumicrate Exclusive）
這套書衣是由Rosie (rosiethorns88)^{[繪師官網]}以紙雕的型式製成。不列在正式出版的版本，是因為這個真的本來就是只有送書衣，原則上只要書的大小相同，都能拿來包。會列是因為像Rosie前幾次的設計，Illumicrate這次書背也是有標書名的！我還沒花時間去找別人的開箱文來分享傳送門，所以僅先放上繪師的開箱影片^{[rosiethorns88 @ Instagram]}！不用鑲嵌的是因為Instagram的設計好像無法避免點選時視窗跳出，所以選擇放上繪師的Twitter發文來代表這版本：

All three jackets! Plus, the spines overlayed on the final jackets! The ambigram titles allowed for these jackets to be flippable so you could to choose which character you want on the front cover! pic.twitter.com/vhzl5inxvE

— Rosie ( rosiethorns88 ) (@rosiethorns88) October 12, 2020

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Cover editions update log:

• 2020/12/27: Serbian
• 2021/10/15: Brazilian Portuguese (box set)
• 2021/10/24: Simplified Chinese
• 2023/3/30: Thai
• 2023/5/6: American (redisgned paperback)