Category: Book Reviews
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Man In the Dark by Paul Auster – A Book Review
Like so many other Paul Auster works of late, Man In the Dark is a story taking place within another story. The basic premise is that an old man can’t sleep at night, and so he tells himself stories in order to pass the time. Auster flashes between the reality of the old man and…
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Voodoo Heart by Scott Snyder – A Book Review
I picked up Voodoo Heart because I admire Snyder’s work on American Vampire. I was interested to see Snyder’s prose stand alone without a team of artists’ aid. For the most part, I found myself quite pleased. Each and every one of Snyder’s stories in this collection is original and very well written. They all…
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DMZ: On The Ground (Volume I) – A Graphic Novel Review
I picked this up on a whim while visiting my local library and DMZ: On The Ground grabbed me by the jugular and wouldn’t let go within two pages. Even though the premise of DMZ has been done before, author Brian Wood delivered his take on a second American civil war with such adrenaline and…
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Of The Farm by John Updike – A Book Review
Of The Farm details the complex relationship between a son in his mid-thirties and his elderly mother. The son brings his new wife and her son from a previous marriage to his mother’s remote farm, and it’s obvious from the beginning that the mother and the wife are not going to get along. Though a…
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The Music of Chance by Paul Auster – A Book Review
Paul Auster once again scribes a tale that lingers in the consciousness long after the initial reading. In The Music of Chance, Auster provides an utterly unpredictable story focusing upon Jim Nashe, a firefighter who inherits an unexpected sum of money and begins driving cross-country for no real reason. As chance would have it, he…
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Breathers by S.G. Browne – A Book Review
With all due respect to Mr. Browne, I simply couldn’t finish this book. After the first fifty pages, I knew it was a lost cause, but out of professional courtesy, I tried to press on. I trudged through half of it and simply had to call it quits. Breathers, a story about zombies trying find…
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Fables: War and Pieces – A Graphic Novel Review
In this presupposed crucial volume of Fables, Bill Willingham and company finally bring about the “final” battle between the Adversary and his Empire … but first, we have to muddle through a clichéd and by-the-book tale featuring the unlikely super-spy, Cinderella, and even her two-issue story was preceded by an issue focusing upon Boy Blue…
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