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Turns out Tropes Can be Saved if Self Aware

Mission Yozakura Family vol. 1 by Hitsuji Gondaira

January 8, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader 2 Comments

So I read a preview chapter of this new mange last year, and later when I wanted some kind of mindless entertainment I went and got the published first volume of Mission: Yozakura Family. The premise is almost as goofy as the story: painfully shy and traumatized Taiyo can hardly function in school except with his childhood friend the pretty and popular Mutsumi Yozakura. It turns out she’s part of a family of spies and they end up “married” to save both of them from […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: adventure, high school, Hitsuji Gondaira, manga, Mission Yozakura Family, spy

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: adventure, high school, Hitsuji Gondaira, manga, Mission Yozakura Family, spy ·
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The sword fighting is more interesting than the romance but not the point

Fence: Disarmed by Sarah Rees Brennan

October 10, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 20: Star I think I mostly like the comics better; the novels for Fence, including Fence: Disarmed, get too wrapped up in the personal drama. At least Fence: Disarmed fits the star square; part of the premise of the whole series is that Nicholas, the new(est) kid at King’s Row boarding school, wants to become a star fencer to impress his supposed father Robert Coste who is a major figure in the sport. Part of the problem though is that Robert may have no […]

Filed Under: Romance, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: C.S. Pascat, cbr14bingo, Comics, fence, Fence Disarmed, fencing, high school, johanna the mad, LGBTA YA, Romance, sarah rees brennan

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:72 · Genres: Romance, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: C.S. Pascat, cbr14bingo, Comics, fence, Fence Disarmed, fencing, high school, johanna the mad, LGBTA YA, Romance, sarah rees brennan ·
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Think a train might hit softer than these ladies

Wild: Or So I Was Born To Be by Cristian Castelo

July 26, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr14bingo Scandal Level 3 (the scandalous behavior) This first volume of “the Wild” series, is set in the late 1970s and is a coming of age on the roller derby track. Do not worry about winning, just try to stay alive, as you hallucinate, dreams and the rival teams after you. The ketchup, mustard and hamburger colors show in minimalist format, the gruesome ugliness of it all (and the spaghetti eating contest wall of shame). Cristian Castelo has a warp self of self. They made […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Speculative Fiction, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: 1970s, cbr14bingo, coming-of-age, Contemporary Women, Cristian Castelo, family, friendship, high school, roller derby, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:402 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Speculative Fiction, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: 1970s, cbr14bingo, coming-of-age, Contemporary Women, Cristian Castelo, family, friendship, high school, roller derby, Social Themes ·
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My high school years were never this interesting

Thieves by Lucie Bryon

July 1, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Ella and Madeleine are two girls who do not really realize the other likes them. All Ella does is start sweat oceans when she admires her from a far. But due to a stupid drunken event, Ella wakes up one morning and learns that she has stolen some things from the party from the night before. Because of Ella’s BFF, she is tossed together with Madeline the day after, but is caught red handed with the stash. But before that Madeline has made the confession […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: friendship, glbtq, high school, Lucie Bryon, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:341 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: friendship, glbtq, high school, Lucie Bryon, Social Themes ·
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If the formula works, might as well use it

Jujutsu Kaisen, vols. 0-12 by Gege Akutami

May 1, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I’ve been seeing comments about the anime for Jujustsu Kaisen is the best thing ever this year, so when I saw almost the first 12 books in the manga series at the library, I decided to try it out. As it turns out the whole thing is relatively formulaic (enough that missing volumes 3, 4, and 11 didn’t seem to matter a whole lot) but still has enough personality to be interesting. The basic gist is that Yuji Itadori who has just lost his grandfather […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror Tagged With: #fantasy, anime, chosen one, combat, Fighting, gege akutami, high school, horror, Jujutsu Kaisen, manga, Speculative Fiction

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:36 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror · Tags: #fantasy, anime, chosen one, combat, Fighting, gege akutami, high school, horror, Jujutsu Kaisen, manga, Speculative Fiction ·
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“I think of all the things I dislike in this world, I hate being condescended to the most:” A Lovely Coming of Age YA Novel

Marly the Kid by Susan Beth Pfeffer

January 27, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

This was a very pleasant surprise — I got this randomly based on a TikTok recommendation, and had no real expectations going in. I thought the plot sounded interesting and I tend to like older YA from the 70s, so figured I’d give it a shot. It turned out to be quite good and I really enjoyed it. Marly is a sophomore in high school whose mother is awful and verbally abusive to her. Her sister already left home and is in Colorado trying to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Young Adult Tagged With: coming of age novel, high school, Susan Beth Pfeffer, teenage angst, verbal abuse

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:27 · Genres: Children's Books, Young Adult · Tags: coming of age novel, high school, Susan Beth Pfeffer, teenage angst, verbal abuse ·
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