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26/50 King's Shield by Sherwood Smith
Third book after Inda and The Fox. Is it just me, or is Smith's writing improving? (LOL.) At some point, I got a little bored with the battle preparations and more interested in the various human relationships developing (ie, who was hooking up with who). The lead up to the battle was slow but very well done, in that Smith gave both sides imperfect information and views (influenced by culture and people's personalities) that distorted them. I thought the battle itself was amazing-- Smith knows when to throw her punches.
The weakness of the book was the multiple viewpoints, as there were a few story lines I couldn't care for with characters I couldn't really remember from earlier. Conversely, we got insight into the thoughts of various characters which was useful in that some didn't know certain things the audience was better off knowing.
I'm wondering what the fourth book is going to be about. It's an unplanned volume that came to be because King's Shield ran too long...
27/50 The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite by Gerard Way & Gabriel Ba
I don't really read graphic novels (although I used to read a lot of manga... just not in volume form... I never counted it either because the manga goes too fast) but I read about this on the Internet and was curious about what Gerard Way (from the band My Chemical Romance) could do. The Umbrella Academy reminded me a bit of Heroes, not only because it's about another team of superheroes, but because it builds a compelling backdrop mythology. This is the first volume of The Umbrella Academy and it's the tip of the iceberg (like, why are there only six superheroes running around when there are supposed to be seven?!) There more's to come. Which is to say, there better be.
Kinda liked the art too.
Next: Probably Wicked Lovely, but I just did a library run and have lots of books to choose from.
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Third book after Inda and The Fox. Is it just me, or is Smith's writing improving? (LOL.) At some point, I got a little bored with the battle preparations and more interested in the various human relationships developing (ie, who was hooking up with who). The lead up to the battle was slow but very well done, in that Smith gave both sides imperfect information and views (influenced by culture and people's personalities) that distorted them. I thought the battle itself was amazing-- Smith knows when to throw her punches.
The weakness of the book was the multiple viewpoints, as there were a few story lines I couldn't care for with characters I couldn't really remember from earlier. Conversely, we got insight into the thoughts of various characters which was useful in that some didn't know certain things the audience was better off knowing.
I'm wondering what the fourth book is going to be about. It's an unplanned volume that came to be because King's Shield ran too long...
27/50 The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite by Gerard Way & Gabriel Ba
I don't really read graphic novels (although I used to read a lot of manga... just not in volume form... I never counted it either because the manga goes too fast) but I read about this on the Internet and was curious about what Gerard Way (from the band My Chemical Romance) could do. The Umbrella Academy reminded me a bit of Heroes, not only because it's about another team of superheroes, but because it builds a compelling backdrop mythology. This is the first volume of The Umbrella Academy and it's the tip of the iceberg (like, why are there only six superheroes running around when there are supposed to be seven?!) There more's to come. Which is to say, there better be.
Kinda liked the art too.
Next: Probably Wicked Lovely, but I just did a library run and have lots of books to choose from.
Rest of My Reading List