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I found a new place to dwell

Heartbreak Hotel by Micol Arianna Beltramini

November 19, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Several books on my recent HBR (Have Been Read) list have had similar feelings and/or themes. And yet, each one is its own unique read. Heartbreak Hotel by Micol Arianna Beltramini and illustrator Agnese Innocente falls into this “alike but not alike” category. This coming of age story is similar to the stories The History of Everything: A Graphic Novel by Victoria Evans, Raging Clouds by Yudori, and The Flip Side by Jason Walz. Yet, it is also its own work and has its own […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Agnese Innocente, Death, emotions, friendship, grief, LGBTQ, Micol Arianna Beltramini, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:506 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Agnese Innocente, Death, emotions, friendship, grief, LGBTQ, Micol Arianna Beltramini, Social Themes ·
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Fish Fingers

Gyo by Junji Ito

November 15, 2025 by Caesar's Wife Leave a Comment

Gyo follows the increasingly grotesque misfortunes of Tadashi, a young man enjoying a seaside getaway with his girlfriend at his uncle’s coastal home when an inexplicably foul smell begins to fill the air. This isn’t your standard low-tide whiff — it’s an invasive, putrid stench that sends his already-germaphobic girlfriend into a spiral. Soon after, accompanied by strange swooshing noises, Tadashi spots the first of what becomes a full-blown invasion: a dead fish scuttling across the land on mechanical metal legs. From there, the story […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Junji Ito

Caesar's Wife's CBR17 Review No:18 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Junji Ito ·
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I’m So Glad I’m Not an Adolescent Anymore

Flamer by Mike Curato

November 13, 2025 by Tracy Leave a Comment

I loved that this graphic novel made me feel. There were so many times I would think “Aw, poor guy” and have a lot of sympathy or empathy for main character Aiden, and other times he made me laugh. The book is funny sometimes, especially if you, like me, can sometimes have a juvenile sense of humor. These varying emotional beats could easily occur within a page or two of each other. While the book is about Aiden Navarro, author Mike Curato drew on his […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: graphic novels, LGBTQIA, Mike Curato

Tracy's CBR17 Review No:81 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: graphic novels, LGBTQIA, Mike Curato ·
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Allegory of power

Pigeons!: A Fable For Our Times by Marc Chalvin

November 11, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

If I have one complaint about Pigeons!: A Fable For Our Times by Marc Chalvin (due December 2025, read via an oline reader) is that the people who need to read this book, won’t. This is the commentary about what is happening today. It comes out and tells us how the Dictator will use anything he can to stay in power. It comes out and tells us there are well meaning people, but they are missing a few pieces of the puzzle. And those who […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Dystopian, elections, Marc Chalvin, Philosophy, politics, Satire

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:500 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Dystopian, elections, Marc Chalvin, Philosophy, politics, Satire ·
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Big Brother is watching Part Two

1984: The Graphic Novel by George Orwell and Fido Nesti

November 11, 2025 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

When I saw the cover for 1984: The Graphic Novel adapted by Fido Nesti, I thought I would enjoy reading George Orwell’s book this way. I requested it via interlibrary loan. I did mention that there was another one done by  Matyás  Namai,, but I would prefer Nesti. So, what did I get? Both! I started with Namai’s just because it was due first. After reading it, I was not impressed by the style. It was too busy. Yet, it was an experience I was […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: adaptations, classic, Dystopian, Fido Nesti, George Orwell, George Orwell and Fido Nesti, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:497 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: adaptations, classic, Dystopian, Fido Nesti, George Orwell, George Orwell and Fido Nesti, Social Themes ·
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Big Brother is watching Part One

George Orwell's 1984: The Graphic Novel by George Orwell and Matyas Namai

November 11, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Even though I was an English major in college, my contemporary classic reading was minimal. Going to a small school meant I repeated professors and they repeated the authors and texts they liked, therefore I did not always get the most expansive exposure to a variety of classics. Because of this 1984 missed my radar. When I found free time for reading, the classics never appealed to me for two reasons. The first, the language was not contemporary and therefore was lofty. It was not […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: adaptations, Children's Dystopian Fiction Books, classic, George Orwell, George Orwell and Matyas Namai, Matyas Namai, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:496 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: adaptations, Children's Dystopian Fiction Books, classic, George Orwell, George Orwell and Matyas Namai, Matyas Namai, Social Themes ·
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