Tag Archives: fantasy

Book Review: It by Stephen King

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Tietsu

After reading The Dark Tower series I felt like I had given Stephen King a bit of a bad rap. I have lamented about such things earlier, but aside from my drunken late night decision to follow him on Twitter, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Tietsu

I read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow back in high school. It was Halloween and as all teachers strive to tie literature to something relevant in their students’ lives, mine did the same. I didn’t remember it. I remember being … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Diviners by Libba Bray

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Tietsu

At its heart The Diviner’s is an average adventure story with a touch of horror thrown in to keep the reader from feeling too comfortable. It’s got some decent ideas and a few good turns of phrase that keep it … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Dark Tower by Stephen King (The Dark Tower #7)

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Tietsu

This book is strange. It brings the dark tower series to an end but it does so with an awareness that seems to call to King to take and try every possible narrative strangeness he can muster. It was visible … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Song of Susannah by Stephen King (The Dark Tower #6)

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Tietsu

Finally, we are back to proper pace. No longer strangling back in the rooms of the past or the empty pathways of a dusty, broken town, we are dragged back into a rhythm closer to that of The Drawing of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King (The Dark Tower #5)

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Tietsu

This book suffers in much the same way the fourth book does: it is slow. Walks when it needs to run, as if fighting against itself, fitfully roving towards a pay off like a damp-fused firework. King seems to try … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Waste Lands by Stephen King (The Dark Tower #3)

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Tietsu

“My first thought was, he lied in every word, That hoary cripple, with malicious eye Askance to watch the working of his lie On mine, and mouth scarce able to afford Suppression of the glee, that purs’d and scor’d Its … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King (The Dark Tower #2)

Posted on August 10, 2017 by Tietsu

“Yes, yes, honey, I know you wish to stay up longer, but daddy must watch a gunslinger procure antibiotics from a pharmacist. No honey, I don’t expect you to understand. I expect you to sleep. Yes, daddy loves you, but … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Gunslinger by Stephen King (The Dark Tower #1)

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Tietsu

Stephen King writes that there are two types of writers: “architects” and “gardeners”. Architects design their work in detail before even beginning to build and gardeners throw seed to the earth and see what grows. King falls, by his own … Continue reading →

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(Comic) Book Review: Giganto Maxia by Kentaro Miura

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Tietsu

One hundred million years ago lands us firmly in the center of what is commonly known as the Cretaceous period, and what is more uncommonly known as the “DEAR-LORD-GOD-FUCK-NO-PLEASE-DON’T-MAKE-ME-GO BACK-THERE” period. It is a time where the Tyrannosaurus, Spinosaurus, and … Continue reading →

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