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Comics Will Break Your Heart by Faith Erin Hicks

April 26, 2019 by octothorp Leave a Comment

The cover sold me on this one.  Not just the art, which I’m an easy target for, but the fact that it was endorsed by Rainbow Rowell. I think I might buy a Hayes manual for a 1988 Chevy Nova if Rowell gave it a blurb. Here’s the thing though; I kind of forgot that even though young adult books are often enjoyed by (nominal) adults such as myself as well as teens, the majority aren’t written for adults.  There was nothing really wrong with […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Faith Erin Hicks

octothorp's CBR11 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Faith Erin Hicks ·
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Canadian Goonies

March 11, 2017 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

It’s Goonies cause there’s a weird ghost type thing and a spooky hand and teenagers. But it’s Canadian, because it’s Canadian, and it’s about feelings. This should have really been called Friends with a Boy and a Girl, because that’s actually what happens. This is a short graphic novel about a girl named Maggie who is about to have her first day of high school. Like every other YA (graphic) novel, her dad is the police chief and her mom has run away. She’s got […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Faith Erin Hicks, friends with boys

vel veeter's CBR9 Review No:99 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Faith Erin Hicks, friends with boys ·
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