Tag: Music

Rising Action (The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 4)

October 7, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Laura – or, now, Persephone – is back and she makes her big debut. The Pantheon splits in two and one hell of a showdown is coming on… and nobody knows what might happen next. The Review: What a welcome return it was to have Jamie McKelvie back behind the pen(s) for this arc. Commercial Suicide was an interesting experiment but ultimately bordering on forgettable; I picked up this book and remembered simply that Laura had turned into Persephone, been […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel • Tags: Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Clayton Cowles, Comics, Fantasy, Gods, Graphic Novel, Graphic Novels, Jamie McKelvie, Kieron Gillen, Matthew Wilson, Music, Pantheon, review, Reviews, The Divine, The Wicked, The Wicked + the Divine

The Curfew

September 23, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Molly’s mother was disappeared by the government when she was younger. Now, she and her father William (a violinist-turned-epitaphorist) live a quiet life in an increasingly violent and dangerous city where no one goes out after dark and people die in the streets. But when William goes out on an errand late one night and does not return, she and her neighbor create a puppet show in the hopes of explaining and perhaps saving their story. The […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Agitprop, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Dystopia, Family, Fiction, Jesse Ball, Literature, Music, Politics, review, Reviews, The Curfew, Totalitarianism

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The Queen of the Night

May 27, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: A young orphan from America makes her way to Paris and then to the world stage as an acclaimed soprano – passing through the roles of carny, maid, courtesan, spy, and more on her way. But when she reads a novel that seems to lay bare the secrets of her life, she wonders who from her past might be planning her downfall… The Review: Opera and literature aren’t too far apart, really. Both provide opportunities for life to […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Alexander Chee, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, France, Historical Fiction, History, Literature, Music, Opera, Paris, review, Reviews, Second Empire, The Queen of the Night, Third Republic

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Commercial Suicide (The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 3)

February 22, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: The world is still shaking after Ragnarock and the sudden deaths that twisted the entire plot of the series into knots. No one knows who to trust or even, really, what’s going on… and so it’s fitting to bring in some guest illustrators for one-shots and dive into individuals for a moment. The Review: The title of this arc, “Commercial Suicide”, nearly applies to the actual choices made by the comic team too. Coming off of two high-octane arcs […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Horror, Literature, Mystery • Tags: Brandon Graham, Clayton Cowles, comic book, Comic Books, Commercial Suicide, Fantasy, Fiction, Gods, Graphic Novels, Grimes, Image Comics, Jamie McKelvie, Kate Brown, Kieron Gillen, Leila Del Duca, Literature, Mat Lopes, Matthew Wilson, Music, Pantheon, Rock, Rock and Roll, Stephanie Hans, The Wicked + the Divine, The Wicked + the Divine Vol. 3, Tula Lotay, WicDiv

The Thousand

February 15, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: The brilliant and possibly crazy composer Solomon Gold was murdered while, supposedly, finishing a perfect completion of Mozart’s Requiem. His daughter, Canada, never quite got over the tragedy – but when she ends up back home in Chicago on a seemingly innocuous consulting gig, the truth behind her father, her family, and her particular set of special skills with math and observation bubbles to the surface. And on her heels, a wolf: a mysterious organization known as […]

Categories: Fiction, Mystery • Tags: Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Chicago, Conspiracy, Fiction, Kevin Guilfoile, Music, Mystery, Pythagoras, Reviews, The Thousand, Thriller

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Square Wave

February 1, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Sometime in the future, in a city called Halsley in an America not quite dystopic but certainly worse off than we are now, several lives intertwine: a writer interested in 17th-century Sri Lanka, a musician exploring microtones, the son of an Indian scientist researching weather modification, and more all come together not quite in harmony but in a sort of harmonic dissidence as the presidential elections loom… The Review: I’ll admit that for quite a long time with this […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Advance Review, America, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Dystopia, Fiction, History, Ideas, Literature, Mark de Silva, Music, Philosophy, Politics, Reviews, Science, Science Fiction, Square Wave, Two Dollar Radio

Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike #3)

November 27, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: Things have been going well, on the whole, for Cormoran Strike and his PI business. But when Robin Ellacott, his intrepid partner/secretary, receives a woman’s severed leg in the mail, he’s plunged into a case that won’t pay and might not even pay off – and the villain has it out, not just for Cormoran but for Robin too… The Review: Robert Galbraith’s alter-ego recently gave an interview in which she stated that Galbraith is her private playground – […]

Categories: Crime, Fiction • Tags: Blue Oyster Cult, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Career of Evil, Cormoran Strike, Crime, Fiction, J.K. Rowling, London, Music, Mystery, review, Reviews, Robert Galbraith, Robin Ellacott

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Fandemonium (The Wicked + the Divine, Vol. 2)

August 7, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: In the wake of Lucifer’s death, the gods continue on but Laura is trying to find out what happened. Who were the attempted assassins, what part does Ananke play in all of this, and is she actually special too? But as the gods launch their big festival – called Ragnarock – the stage is set for revelations nobody is expecting. The Review: Holy shit. (FYI there are gonna be some light SPOILERS, by necessity.) Talk about leaving people […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel • Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Comic Books, Comics, Fandemonium, Fantasy, Fiction, Gods, Graphic Novel, Image Comics, Jamie McKelvie, Kieron Gillen, Music, Mystery, Ragnarock, Reviews, Rock and Roll, The Wicked + the Divine

The Faust Act (The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1)

July 6, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: Every 90 years, the gods return and take over the lives of ordinary people. And for two years, they will be heroes, celebrities, rock stars – and then they die. But not everybody loves having the gods among us… The Review: The opening pages of the first issue of The Wicked + the Divine is one of the coolest, most up-my-alley hooks I’ve seen in a long time. It’s the 1920s, a house somewhere, and there are some… interesting characters […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel • Tags: Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Comic Books, Comics, Fantasy, Fiction, Gods, Graphic Novel, Image Comics, Jamie McKelvie, Kieron Gillen, Music, Mystery, Reviews, Rock and Roll, The Faust Act, The Wicked + the Divine

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Tag: Music

Rising Action (The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 4)

The Curfew

The Queen of the Night

Commercial Suicide (The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 3)

The Thousand

Square Wave

Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike #3)

Fandemonium (The Wicked + the Divine, Vol. 2)

The Faust Act (The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1)