This is not the Wonderland you know. This place is darker. Not much Wonder at all, in fact. It is full of dirt and blood and death. And insanity. Henry does a very good job of letting you know that all is not right in Alice’s mind. The characters from the childhood tale are all here, but they are twisted. Alice begins in a hospital in the Old City. Unlike the New City, where everything is bright and clean and wonderful, the Old […]
Will the Real Inspector Hound please stand up?
When faintingviolet told me that the next book club topic was going to be plays, I immediately thought of The Real Inspector Hound. I had never read it, but I had seen it performed in college, and it was by far one of the better plays I had seen. I remembered that it was funny and entertaining, and on the lighter side as well. (And luckily for people who are not all that terribly fond of reading plays, on the short side!) So, if you […]
They way this one ended, the next is going to be one hell of a show
Aw man. Trying to review this without spoilers is going to be kind of hard. We’ve entered into junior year, and things are going to be way different now! At the end of last year, Nick was far too clever for his own good, and now everyone is paying the price, in a way. We learn about everyone’s eventful summers and we see how it was an important one for each person’s growth. While we tend to focus on our main cast of characters, others […]
It’s time to step up the game
So our lovable band of misfits is back for another year at Lander University. Now that they’ve made it past freshman year they have a lot of work to do. One of the things I like is that they are realizing that they are not as powerful as they think they are. They’re strong supers, sure, but they aren’t the strongest out there, and they still have a lot to learn. Mary, for one, was seen as almost untouchable, and she gets her ass handed […]