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The Gulf by Adam de Souza

June 26, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Gulf by Adam de Souza was an interesting read. However, since I have read several similar titles, the theme did not WOW or “Hit me powerfully.” However, it was a great coming of age story with some interesting twists and turns. The concepts might be a bit mature for some readers, but for the most part the content is fine for at least thirteen and up. And as always, older teens and adults should read it as it has an almost all age appeal. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Adam de Souza, coming-of-age, communal living, family, friendship, LGBTQ, road trip, runaways, Social Themes, Vancouver (BC)

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:315 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Adam de Souza, coming-of-age, communal living, family, friendship, LGBTQ, road trip, runaways, Social Themes, Vancouver (BC) ·
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“If you remember me, I don’t care if everyone else forgets.”

February 11, 2017 by pluiedenovembre Leave a Comment

Kafka on the Shore is a strange book, even by Murakami standards. This is my second reading but sadly I don’t remember what I thought about it the fist time I read it 12 years ago because back then I didn’t take notes or write reviews. All I know is that I thought it was a four-star book. Haruki Murakami has been one of my favorite writers ever since I “discovered” him almost 17 years ago. I read a review of The Elephant Vanishes in […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Cats, curses, Dreams, family, haruki murakami, Japan, Japanese literature, journey, kafka on the shore, literaturein translation, myths, runaways, surrealism, talking cats, translation

pluiedenovembre's CBR9 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Cats, curses, Dreams, family, haruki murakami, Japan, Japanese literature, journey, kafka on the shore, literaturein translation, myths, runaways, surrealism, talking cats, translation ·
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Teenage Wasteland

February 7, 2017 by Emmalita 4 Comments

So what would you do if you found out your parents were super villains? Alex, Nico, Karolina, Gertrude, Chase and Molly choose to run away and plot to take down their parents any way they can. I started out with 4 stars, but it’s really closer to 3. I enjoyed Runaways, but it is no Saga. On the night that the 6 teens find out their parents are super villains, they also find out that some of them have powers, one is an alien, one […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Adrian Alphona, Brian K. Vaughan, Marvel Comics, runaways

Emmalita's CBR9 Review No:25 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Adrian Alphona, Brian K. Vaughan, Marvel Comics, runaways ·
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    Thanks. Even for me, though, I probably should've reigned it in.
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    Such a fascinating and detailed review.
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