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“Why had my life suddenly become a Nancy Drew mystery from hell?”

Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: The Big Lie by Anthony Del Col

February 7, 2019 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Review title is a quote from Rachel Hawkins’ Demonglass This book is like comic book fan fiction from my 8th grade brain. But more violent, and less me-as-Bess-kissing-a-cute-Frank-Hardy. Imagine the writers of Riverdale picked a different universe to focus their melodramatic musings on. Imagine that world was the pivotal Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys super mysteries, when it seemed like maybe they were trying to do a Christopher Pike thing? (For the record, The Nancy Drew Files were my favorite version.) But imagine instead of leaning into […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery Tagged With: anthony del col, Comics, detective noir, fay dalton, hardy boys, Nancy Drew, Noir, twisted classic, werther delledera

cosbrarian's CBR11 Review No:11 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery · Tags: anthony del col, Comics, detective noir, fay dalton, hardy boys, Nancy Drew, Noir, twisted classic, werther delledera ·
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“She must start believing in impossible things, for impossible things kept appearing before her eyes.”

December 15, 2017 by crystalclear 1 Comment

This is not the Wonderland you know.  This place is darker.  Not much Wonder at all, in fact. It is full of dirt and blood and death.  And insanity.  Henry does a very good job of letting you know that all is not right in Alice’s mind.     The characters from the childhood tale are all here, but they are twisted.  Alice begins in a hospital in the Old City.  Unlike the New City, where everything is bright and clean and wonderful, the Old […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Alice, Alice in Wonderland, Christina Henry, Fiction, twisted classic

crystalclear's CBR9 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Alice, Alice in Wonderland, Christina Henry, Fiction, twisted classic ·
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