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G'day, I'm an Australian Cannonballer! I'm a horror/thriller junkie embarking on my fourth Half-Cannonball. I'm a bit shy at commenting, but I absolutely love writing and reading reviews.

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The quiet comprehending of the ending of it all

The Last Conversation by Paul Tremblay

January 11, 2022 by Caesar's Wife 1 Comment

This is a short story which, I gather, is part of a larger collection of six stories in the ‘forward collection’. But it’s worth seeking out as a stand-alone novella. Tremblay has really outdone himself here, and I’m now more determined than ever to read A Head Full of Ghosts (his most well-known work). You awake in a hospital bed. You are blind, alone, and suffering from intense pain. Slowly, you are recuperated. You are taught to think, to talk, to stand, walk, run. Your […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Paul Tremblay

Caesar's Wife's CBR14 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Paul Tremblay ·
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Slash in the pan

The Last Final Girl by Stephen Graham Jones

January 10, 2022 by Caesar's Wife 3 Comments

This was so stupid. Okay, I suppose that is not a very fulsome review… but I’m so cranky that I read this crap. It was my first foray in the offerings of a Kindle Unlimited subscription and… yeesh. So the book is written like a pseudo film script, kind of. It’s a slasher story that is allegedly a love-letter to teen slashers and super self-aware. It was likened to Cabin in the Woods (which is the only reason I read it). It is not like […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: slasher, Stephen Graham Jones

Caesar's Wife's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: slasher, Stephen Graham Jones ·
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The only thing worse than Them, is us

The Last Woman in the World by Inga Simpson

January 10, 2022 by Caesar's Wife Leave a Comment

I am no stranger to apocalypse fiction, but despite hailing from The Land Downunder I haven’t consumed much Aussie apocalypse fiction (beyond ‘On the beach‘ in 2020). And if ‘The Last Woman in the World’ is anything to go by, then I have truly been depriving myself. The story commences as the world is already falling apart, as various references are made throughout to the pandemics, the downfall of the USA,  and communities decimated by climate change. As we slowly learn, in the midst of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: apocalypse, Inga Simpson

Caesar's Wife's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: apocalypse, Inga Simpson ·
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Mum’s the Bird

Malorie by Josh Malerman

December 27, 2021 by Caesar's Wife 2 Comments

Malorie is the sequel to Bird Box, which I had the pleasure of reading/reviewing in January 2020. Spoiler Alert: Bird Box ends with the discovery of a seemingly successful safe haven, a school for the blind, which is reached by Malorie and her two six-year old children after a harrowing trip down a river, blind. This book continues her plight, instead this time it’s a blind train rather than a blind boat. But I’m skipping ahead. In the opening pages of Malorie, we learn that […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: josh malerman

Caesar's Wife's CBR13 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: josh malerman ·
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There’s no place like home

The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

December 19, 2021 by Caesar's Wife Leave a Comment

Having read my 4yo son the first Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind graphic novel this year, I thought it was time to advance to an all-words-no-pictures book and see if he could handle it. So I scoured my shelves in search of something fitting. Harry Potter? Hmmm not quite yet. The Witches? Bit scary. Alice in Wonderland? Too contrived. Then I came upon an old faded copy of the Wizard of Oz that held much promise. Of course this story is extremely well-known, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: L. Frank Baum

Caesar's Wife's CBR13 Review No:25 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: L. Frank Baum ·
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Animorphs Assemble!

Animorphs Graphic Novel Book One: The Invasion by K. A. Applegate & Michael Grant

December 19, 2021 by Caesar's Wife 1 Comment

I could write a thesis on the importance and relevance of the Animorphs series for tweens, but it’s been done better many times by others. I read this series in primary school and continued throughout high school, until it was pointed out to me rather harshly that I was ‘too old’ to still be reading the series… So here I am, mid-thirties, thumbing my nose to that judgment and gleefully re-reading the beloved series, this time in graphic novel form. Part of me was curious […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: K. A. Applegate & Michael Grant

Caesar's Wife's CBR13 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: K. A. Applegate & Michael Grant ·
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