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The Myth, the Magic, The Woman

Medea by Blandine Le Callet

January 10, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

In Medea by Blandine Le Callet, Nancy Peña (Illustrator), Montana Kane (Translator) the question you must first ask yourself is can you trust this narrator or not? Then, are you seeing the true story or not? Has she been villainized to take blame away from the real culprits? Or is she the monster history says? Those questions and more, will come alive in this adaptation of Medea’s story.  The afterwards show how the historical, myth and magic all came together, along with the creators adaptations, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Religion, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: adaptations, Blandine Le Callet, Greek myth, Medea, Montana Kane, mythologic story, Nancy Peña, occult, Social Themes, supernatural, women

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:23 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Religion, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: adaptations, Blandine Le Callet, Greek myth, Medea, Montana Kane, mythologic story, Nancy Peña, occult, Social Themes, supernatural, women ·
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Few triggers but overall a delightful read

Layers: A Memoir by Pénélope Bagieu

October 22, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This weekend was unintentionally a weekend where I learned I have read so much that I’m repeating authors and not even realizing it! One of the books I read was Layers: A Memoir by Pénélope Bagieu (translated by Montana Kane). When I saw what else they had written I was shocked. I’ve read several of their books in English. I started with the title Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World (lovely collection of women who were brazen); California Dreamin’: Cass Elliot Before the Mamas […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: coming-of-age, French, Montana Kane, Penelope Bagieu, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:512 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: coming-of-age, French, Montana Kane, Penelope Bagieu, Social Themes ·
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