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The Witch is a you know… so some heroes gotta stop her

The Witch's Throne volume one by Cedric Caballes

April 2, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I like graphic novels, enjoy some fantasy and if a story has comedy and adventure, that is not a turn off. And The Witch’s Throne volume one by Cedric Caballes is all the above.  Set up as if you are playing a Dungeons & Dragon like online game, there are multiple stories going along simultaneously with about a dozen main characters. However, it is not always clear when you are moving onto them, and with the several characters and several story-lines all at once, things […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: Cedric Caballes, Contests, family, friendship, manga, role playing games

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:129 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: Cedric Caballes, Contests, family, friendship, manga, role playing games ·
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Taking on the role of Isaac

Buzzing by Samuel Sattin

March 21, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Buzzing is more of a 3.5 as an averaged out score than either a 3 or a 4.  I enjoyed seeing the changes in the illustrations to show the emotions, feelings, and how our main character is reacting. This is clever and a unique way of helping us see the situation. However, I never felt any one character was overly fleshed out and none felt “real” and more of a bit of a cliché. At the same time there are a lot of good pieces […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: Depression & Mental Illness, family, Fantasy games, friendship, gaming, glbtq, mother, neurodiversity, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, OCD, role playing games, Samuel Sattin, siblings, Social Themes, tabletop games

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:107 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: Depression & Mental Illness, family, Fantasy games, friendship, gaming, glbtq, mother, neurodiversity, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, OCD, role playing games, Samuel Sattin, siblings, Social Themes, tabletop games ·
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I keep finding new books to read and then review!

Table Titans Club by Scott Kurtz

December 11, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I like a good graphic novel. I like ones that capture relatable subjects and can be humorous. And of course, I like serious ones too, but I was in the mood for something that was funny. And Table Titans Club (I am assuming it is the first in a series, since how it ended) looked funny. Scott Kurtz did not disappoint.  The story of three friends (Alan, Darius and Andrew) who ask the new girl Val (though reluctantly on Alan’s part), and the dismay of their sort-of friend Kate, to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: bullies, Clubs, D&D table top games, dungeons & dragons, Fantasy games, females in sports, friendship, role playing games, school, Scott Kurtz, Social Themes, Wrestling

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:869 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: bullies, Clubs, D&D table top games, dungeons & dragons, Fantasy games, females in sports, friendship, role playing games, school, Scott Kurtz, Social Themes, Wrestling ·
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“Doing something even though I was scared felt kind of amazing.”

Just Roll With It by Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie

July 11, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I really loved this book and I hope it ends up getting the recognition it deserves. Just Roll With It follows Maggie during her first year of middle school as she makes new friends and gets involved with the D&D/role playing club. The main reason I got this book is that it’s a realistic and careful portrayal of OCD and anxiety, which made it a very relatable read. Both of the creators have struggled with mental health and I think it really adds to the realism […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: friendship, LGBT fiction, lgbtq characters, mental health rep, middle school, OCD, role playing games, Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:69 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: friendship, LGBT fiction, lgbtq characters, mental health rep, middle school, OCD, role playing games, Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie ·
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Never Tell Me the Odds

Cypher System Rulebook by Monte Cook

April 4, 2021 by dsbs42 Leave a Comment

This is one of those reviews where my original write-up got erased when my computer unexpectedly updated and the autosaved version was from the draft of my previous book review, so I’d really like to just type “I WROTE IT ALREADY” with a bunch of crying/angry/head explodey emojis and move on. 🤯😠😡😖😫😭🤬🤬🤬☠     🤬 However, this doesn’t really feel like it should count as a review, so here goes nothing. (I just feel like I’m forgetting so much of what I originally wanted to […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Monte Cook, reference, role playing games, rpg, rulebook

dsbs42's CBR13 Review No:12 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Monte Cook, reference, role playing games, rpg, rulebook ·
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