Monday, 5 March 2018
Sunday, 4 March 2018
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
The Penelopiad by Margaret AtwoodMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Whilst I am yet to read any of Homer's works, I am familiar with the story of Odysseus so this retelling from the perspective of his long suffering wife, Penelope with its fabulous feminist bent was wonderful.
I even liked the poems read by the chorus of the 12 hanged maids. They had a powerful rhythm to them that strengthened the accusations of the maids ill death. The chorus is a tradition of the greek play so it was a fitting use.
Margaret Atwood doing another wonderful job of speaking for those without voice.
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Witchblade Rebirth vol 1 Review
Witchblade Rebirth Volume 1 by Tim SeeleyMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Sara is in a new city and stirring up trouble. I liked this volume but as an intro to the witchblade universe I probably could have chosen a better starting point. They do an alright job re-introducing characters but some are not as clear as if you had read earlier volumes.
That being said, the story line is solid, and the artwork is amazing with some beautiful full page spreads that would be great as stand alone pieces of art.
I will be reading more from this universe.
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Saturday, 3 March 2018
Theatre of the Gods by M Suddain Review
Theatre of the Gods by Matt SuddainMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was fantastic! The plot jumped all over the place for the first 300 pages with hilarious results and considering the main objective of the Character Fabrigas is to jump to another universe, this works beautifully.
One of the things I loved the most of the pop culture references. I wish the "traditional sea shanties" had continued into the second half of the book because the image of a dirty, disreputable rabble of grisaled sailors singing mixed up versions of pop songs is one of the funniest things I have read...ever!
The second half of the book is where the plot settles down and goes in a more linear fashion. This is where the action really heats up and once the homunculus shows up we're really cooking with gas.
Awesome book really worth the read.
I want more from these universes.
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Thursday, 1 March 2018
Fables Vol 22 by Bill Willingham & Mark Buckingham
Fables, Vol. 22: Farewell by Bill WillinghamMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
So this was a bit of a mixed bag. I really like the final conclusion of the story line between Snow and Rose Red and some of the Final Story of .... pages but there were just too many of them that I didn't care about. These made it a bit tiresome. Over all quite good but sometimes too much of a good thing is actually too much.
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