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Tongues, Volume 1 by Anders Nilsen

May 6, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Tongues, Vol. 1 by Anders Nilsen   I have NO idea what was read. The stories all bounce all over the place. The images are busy, the text mixes and gets lost in the illustrations. The images are colorless but are not black and white. The characters are unlikable, even Astrid, who might be the one that will save the world. Or destroy it. It’s still up in the air. There is nothing good and positive. Even The Prisoner has faults and he seems to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: adaptations, Anders Nilsen, Concepts, enemies, Fairy Tales, folk tales, friendship, legends, literary, mythology, Mythology Greek, orphans, Prometheus, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:121 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: adaptations, Anders Nilsen, Concepts, enemies, Fairy Tales, folk tales, friendship, legends, literary, mythology, Mythology Greek, orphans, Prometheus, Social Themes ·
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Well Halloween is coming up so this is a good time to talk about this book

The Last Halloween, Book 1: Children by Abby Howard

October 6, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When you like Halloween, the title The Last Halloween, Book 1: Children will catch your attention. It didn’t hurt that this was a big ol’ fat book. So, “Abby Howard” (I said) “you have yourself an interesting book. Okay that cover is a bit funky, but I’m a big kid, I can handle it.”  I’ll let you decide how well I did (or did not) handle it. Man! Is this one screwy book! There is nothing about it that is likable….yet it is a GREAT […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Abby Howard, action, adventure, enemies, family, friendship, monsters, paranormal

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:428 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Abby Howard, action, adventure, enemies, family, friendship, monsters, paranormal ·
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