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Never meet your heroes

My Buddy, Killer Croc by Sara Farizan

September 20, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The focus of having the character of Killer Croc (Waylon Jones) as the “hero” in the Sara Farizan and Nicoletta Baldari graphic novel, My Buddy, Killer Croc, is a familiar but good twist. However, the one thing I was wondering is if the reader will understand that Killer Croc, no matter how “good or nice” he seems, is not a “good guy” due to how he is mostly good to the main character (or seems to be on the surface). There is an interesting nod to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: Batman, bullying, DC Comics, family, friendship, Killer Croc, Nicoletta Baldari, Sara Farizan, superheroes, supervillains, Waylon Jones, wrestlers

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:683 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: Batman, bullying, DC Comics, family, friendship, Killer Croc, Nicoletta Baldari, Sara Farizan, superheroes, supervillains, Waylon Jones, wrestlers ·
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A very sweet YA romance with queer characters

Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan

July 23, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

#CBR11 Bingo: Rainbow Flag (author is a lesbian, as is the main character) This book would also fit nicely into the “Youths!” and “Own voices” squares on the bingo card. Official book description: Leila has made it most of the way through high school without having a crush on anyone, which comes as something of a relief. Her Persian heritage makes her different enough; if word got out that Leila liked girls, life would be twice as hard. And what would her parents think? It’s bad […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: #ownvoices, cbr11, cbr11bingo, coming-of-age, contemporary fiction, culture clash, friendship, LGBTQIA, Malin, Rainbow Flag, Sara Farizan, Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel, Young Adult, Youths!

Malin's CBR11 Review No:50 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: #ownvoices, cbr11, cbr11bingo, coming-of-age, contemporary fiction, culture clash, friendship, LGBTQIA, Malin, Rainbow Flag, Sara Farizan, Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel, Young Adult, Youths! ·
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