Suzanne Collins’s Mockingjay I really wanted to write this epic review about how much I enjoyed the Hunger Games Trilogy. However, I pretty much related all of what I felt in my first two reviews. You know, just overall. About that horrible, sick feeling in my stomach when terrible things happen to undeserving people –…
Ed Brubaker’s Criminal Vol 2. Lawless Lawless tells the story of Tracy Lawless, a former criminal turned United States soldier. Upon hearing of his little brother’s death, Ricky joins up with his brother’s old gang in an effort to bring some justice to his killer. Coming off some groundbreaking material with Sleeper and Incognito, I’ve decided to continue my…
Ed Brubaker’s Sleeper: Season Two I had a feeling I wouldn’t be disappointed. That being said, considering how strong season one had been, the doubt still lingered in the back of my mind. Could Phillips and Brubaker create something as strong as the original? The answer: Yes! Season one ends with Holden Carver’s own personal Empire Strikes Back.…
Suzanne Collins’s Catching Fire This book is a far better book than The Hunger Games and I have no idea how that’s possible.Let me explain. I accept that I’m going to come into contact with books that are exceptional, books that are better than what I had previously read in the past, but a sequel…
Warren Ellis’ Freakangels Vol. 5 Almost at the end of this series with only one book left to plow through. So a lot happens in this volume. A lot. The Freakangels not only discover new powers as well as enhancements of existing ones but a major ability is revealed. Getting this far into the series,…
Warren Ellis’ Freakangels Vol. 4 So after that pretty awesome cliffhanger in Volume 3, the 4th book opens with.. a flashback! Part of me was annoyed because I needed to know what was going to happen immediately. My first thought was, “MAN! I’m glad I wasn’t reading this on a week to week basis”. However,…
Warren Ellis’ FreakAngels Vol. 3 In Volume 3, The FreakAngels have brought in and put to work several refugees. Staying the course and rebuilding Whitechapel, the FreakAngels are trying to undo the pain and suffering they initially caused. However, along with the exiled Mark, Luke is beginning to realize the sheer scope of their powers.…
Warren Ellis’ FreakAngels Vol. 2 So, now that we’ve established all that origin stuff in the first volume (aside from what the FreakAngels actually did to destroy the world), we get a volume packed with all kinds of action and developments. As the FreakAngels identify their potential through teleportation powers, they begin to focus on…
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