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I’m behind on this Animorphs re-read, and all my reviews, and my entire life.

August 1, 2017 by narfna Leave a Comment

The Unknown, #14 Ugh, this one was a dud. Just, a silly, silly premise. And worse, a silly premise that isn’t backed up by anything substantial at all. Just empty jokes and no stakes. I mean, literally it starts with a joke (horses that are acting weird, and that are secretly Controllers, and why???) and ends with a joke (all of this over an SPOILERS Andalite toilet!) It’s all harmless enough, but compared with the best books in this series, it’s just not satisfying at […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Science Fiction Tagged With: animorphs, children's fiction, k.a. applegate, narfna, sci-fi, the escape, the unknown

narfna's CBR9 Review No:50 · Genres: Children's Books, Science Fiction · Tags: animorphs, children's fiction, k.a. applegate, narfna, sci-fi, the escape, the unknown ·
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Detective Boobs Fights Ghosties

April 30, 2015 by McM 2 Comments

These two graphic novels, The Unknown and The Unknown: Devil Made Flesh, were good enough, but I was repeatedly sucked right out of the story by the main character’s overdone breasts. Let me explain. Here’s the description: “Revered as the smartest person alive, Catherine Allingham is the world’s most famous provate investigator. Follow her adventures as she sets out to solve the one mystery she’s never been able to crack-death!”     These were the covers that enticed me to pick these up at the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Graphic Novel, mark waid, the unknown

McM's CBR7 Review No:18 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Graphic Novel, mark waid, the unknown ·
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Recent Comments

  • narfna
    on Seven people go for a tour in a mysterious library housing a very rare book, and you can probably guess the rest.
    I was agog after reading that sentence. Could not read on for five minutes. I mean, wtf.
  • esmemoria
    on Seven people go for a tour in a mysterious library housing a very rare book, and you can probably guess the rest.
    “Skin covered finger bones”—that’s hilarious. This was a very satisfying review.
  • Anne
    on The Black Wolf by Louise Penny
    And adding French word s here and there to remind us they’re in Quebec so I have to translate but...
  • G.D. Giant
    on These (Slow) Burning Stars
    No heist, but it still feels a little heist-y due to some heist-adjacent action.
  • narfna
    on “The sun is up, the skies are blue, and murder is in the air.”
    Ooh, keep going! The books keep getting better. Also, I literally just bought a sticker yesterday that has that quote...
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