Hey look, it’s an urban fantasy that actually takes place in a realistic urban setting. There are people of many ethnicities and the city has pockets of different cultures. These writing choices by Daniel José Older really lend the fantastical elements a heavy dose of realism. It’s refreshing. That realistic setting and Older’s imaginative world building made Half-Resurrection Blues a very enjoyable read. Carlos Delacruz isn’t really alive, but he’s not quite dead either. He’s an inbetweener, someone who lives between the world of the […]
Sometimes Something Simple Can Comfort The Most
This was a perfect graphic novel for newbies to the genre like me. I read Persepolis a looooong time ago, but this year I’ve been wanting to explore the genre more and this seemed like the perfect follow-up to the wonderful Hyperbole and a Half. I’ve always loved eating and cooking, so this graphic memoir was a perfect fit. Lucy Knisley grew up surrounded by family and friends in the food business (chefs, gourmets, critics, restaurant owners), so delicious food filled her life from the […]
Modern romance is more than just dick pics and straight white boys texting “hey” 15 times straight
This was an enjoyable book, even if I am still a bit baffled by it and can’t figure out if it was a 3 star or a 4 star read. It’s half comedian/actor memoir and half pop sociology in the vein of a Freakanomics or Malcolm Gladwell book. Ansari didn’t want to write just another celebrity memoir and he was fascinated by the new ways technology is influencing society’s love lives, so he teamed up with NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg. Together they took on a […]
Yet another final book in a trilogy that can’t stand up to the greatness of the first two books
I wish the love affair could have lasted, but the final book in N. K. Jemisin’s Inheritance series was such a disappointment for me. There was a good book hidden in those 600+ pages, but The Kingdom of Gods needed a few more drafts and some massive editing to get there. I can’t figure out what happened with this one. The first two books of the series were so tightly plotted with clear character arcs. This one just meandered forever with the main character resisting […]
The kingdoms may be broken, but this series is still perfection
This series keeps surprising me. Jemisin certainly has a knack for taking stories in unexpected directions. It’s hard to say if I liked this one better than the first book. I think it may be a tie. They’re both great reads in different ways. The Broken Kingdoms is more melancholy, but not in a depressing way. The plot is still compelling and the new characters are just as interesting as the first batch. The Broken Kingdoms jumps ten years forward into the aftermath of the […]
Oh My Gods
Yeine Darr is the very young leader of a barbaric northern kingdom, but after her mother mysteriously dies, she’s named one of the heirs to rule the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. She travels to the capital city Sky and is quickly thrust into a complicated and deadly game of politics. Her cousins, the other heirs, are not keen on allowing Yeine to ascend to the throne. Practically everyone in Sky is against her, but luckily she finds a few people she can (sort of) trust. As […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 42
- 43
- 44
- 45
- 46
- …
- 49
- Next Page »