La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman (Vol. 1 of The Book of Dust) = 5/5 La Belle Sauvage is the first book of the long-awaited Book of Dust and is set in a world where everybody's souls manifest as animals outside their bodies. No one's alone, because they always have their soul to talk to. … Continue reading Review: The Book of Dust
Review: Watchmen
Watchmen (Alan Moore) = 3/5 Watchmen is a graphic novel set in an alternate history and is about the adventures and backstories of superheroes well past their vigilante days (the government outlawed unauthorized superheroes). The narrative is presented through illustrated chapters (i.e., comic book serial narratives) accompanied by ephemera relating to the events or principal … Continue reading Review: Watchmen
Review: Things We Couldn’t Say
Things We Couldn't Say (by Diet Eman, with James Schaap) = 4/5 Eman's autobiography recounts her personal experiences as a member of the Dutch Resistance movement during WWII and a concentration camp prisoner during the Holocaust. Through a combination of modern era recollections and contemporary diary entries and letters from WWII, Eman describes the factors … Continue reading Review: Things We Couldn’t Say
Review: Naughts and Crosses
Naughts & Crosses (by Malorie Blackman) = 5/5 Set in an alternate world where blacks were the colonizers and whites were the slaves, Naughts and Crosses is essentially the tale of two star-crossed lovers who struggle against the reality of the racism and prejudices of their world. I remember picking this book up for the … Continue reading Review: Naughts and Crosses
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