I find it difficult to accept advice from writers whose books I have never read. I realize this is my own fault, but it must be mentioned as it plays into my review of the rest of the book. I find Lamott, as a writer, incredibly generic, her patterns of “funny” are easy to see through and her examples of “whimsical” writing annoy me. I am like the students she complain about. The ones who enter bright-eyed on the first day of class put up […]
Hunting down God with a preacher and a vampire
Jesse, a fallen preacher and his girlfriend Tulip are traveling to the Grail to save their vampire friend Cassidy. More or less. Preacher draws on western mythology mixing it with religious critique and vulgar comedy. It’s brilliant. We follow the trio, sometimes duo, into various deadly situations and out – and in this sense book two is a straight line from book one. We get introduced to lots of new characters in this book as well; Herr Starr who works for “The Grail” under the […]
Nothing will ever be as good as reading Scott Pilgrim for the first time
I was inspired to read this book after Renton’s excellent review. I stumbled across a used hard cover and the visuals were simply too stunning for me not to pick it up; deep blues and clear reds twisting and intertwining to create an intricate tree. There were no blurbs or summaries, just this tree on the back and a young woman floating in blue on the front cover. And the artwork does not disappoint. O’Malley still manages to combine the styles of manga with that […]
A must read in the mystery-genre
I find it difficult to review books as well-crafted as this without it turning into a mere description of the first 10 pages of plot. But here’s the description anyways: 10 people are invited to an isolated island off the coast of England. Great mystery surrounds the only house on the island; it was recently bought by someone, but none of the guests know who….and to top it of they were all invited by different people for different reasons. They are sailed out to the […]