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1984 meets Dictatorship meets Spies meets one screwed up world

The Shadower by Peter Hoey and Maria Hoey

July 15, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When a book is a real gut punch, I can have a hard time writing a review that does that feeling justice. How do I tell others (in writing therefore, not using facial expressions) how I got a sick feeling in my stomach? How I was shocked, amazed, happy, sad, confused, and had a full understanding of things sometimes all at once? When I started The Shadower by Peter Hoey and Maria Hoey I didn’t think I would have that issue, but by the end […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: cbr18bingo, cbr18bingo Joker, Espinoage, family, literary, Maria Hoey, Peter Hoey, Peter Hoey and Maria Hoey, Social Themes, spies

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:188 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: cbr18bingo, cbr18bingo Joker, Espinoage, family, literary, Maria Hoey, Peter Hoey, Peter Hoey and Maria Hoey, Social Themes, spies ·
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