No time to waste! Let's get into it.
BEST OF THE MONTH
Bloom by Delilah S Dawson
I read three by Dawson this month and this one was my favorite. The story itself treads on well-worn tropes: obsession, deadly secrets, forbidden love, etc, but Dawson wraps it up nicely in a 200-page package.
WORST OF THE MONTH
We Are the Beasts by Gigi Griffis
It hurts me to do this, because I LOVE a previous YA novel by her called The Wicked Unseen. Read that one instead. A satanic panic-themed YA book. Highly recommended.
The rest:
Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman. New one from the Dungeon Crawler Carl guy. I'm telling you, The Grinding is his best book. Grade: D
Primordial by Lemire/Sorrentino (graphic novel). We3, but for grownups. Grade: B
Let This One Be a Devil by Tynion/Foxe/Kowalski (graphic novel). This is a fun one. Plays with cryptids and urban legends. Grade: B
Exquisite Corpses by Tynion/Walsh/Pichetshote (graphic novel). Kinda fun, but relatively mindless gorefest. Grade: C
Daytripper by Moon/Ba (graphic novel). Eisner-winner, and classic Carpe Diem plot. Grade: B
Guillotine by Delilah S Dawson. Not bad, but a tad predictable. Grade: C
The October Film Haunt by Michael Wehunt. I don't know what people see in this one. Grade: D
Scream: Curse of Carnage by Clay McLeod Chapman/Mooneyham/Brown (graphic novel). Plot is a little convoluted, but great art. Grade: C
The Violence by Delilah S Dawson. The Purge meets COVID 19. Grade: C
That's it! See you next month.
Reviews by Jason Cavallaro
Jcavallaro42@gmail.com
Twitter: @pinheadspawn
Instagram: @jcavallaro42
BlueSky: @jasoncavallaro
BEST OF THE MONTH
Bloom by Delilah S Dawson
I read three by Dawson this month and this one was my favorite. The story itself treads on well-worn tropes: obsession, deadly secrets, forbidden love, etc, but Dawson wraps it up nicely in a 200-page package.
WORST OF THE MONTH
We Are the Beasts by Gigi Griffis
It hurts me to do this, because I LOVE a previous YA novel by her called The Wicked Unseen. Read that one instead. A satanic panic-themed YA book. Highly recommended.
The rest:
Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman. New one from the Dungeon Crawler Carl guy. I'm telling you, The Grinding is his best book. Grade: D
Primordial by Lemire/Sorrentino (graphic novel). We3, but for grownups. Grade: B
Let This One Be a Devil by Tynion/Foxe/Kowalski (graphic novel). This is a fun one. Plays with cryptids and urban legends. Grade: B
Exquisite Corpses by Tynion/Walsh/Pichetshote (graphic novel). Kinda fun, but relatively mindless gorefest. Grade: C
Daytripper by Moon/Ba (graphic novel). Eisner-winner, and classic Carpe Diem plot. Grade: B
Guillotine by Delilah S Dawson. Not bad, but a tad predictable. Grade: C
The October Film Haunt by Michael Wehunt. I don't know what people see in this one. Grade: D
Scream: Curse of Carnage by Clay McLeod Chapman/Mooneyham/Brown (graphic novel). Plot is a little convoluted, but great art. Grade: C
The Violence by Delilah S Dawson. The Purge meets COVID 19. Grade: C
That's it! See you next month.
Reviews by Jason Cavallaro
Jcavallaro42@gmail.com
Twitter: @pinheadspawn
Instagram: @jcavallaro42
BlueSky: @jasoncavallaro
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