Category: Books

  • The Horse and His Boy: A Fun Change of Pace

    The Horse and His Boy: A Fun Change of Pace

    This is an odd Narnia book. It’s almost completely disconnected from every other story in this series. In fact, it’s so independent that it ultimately ends up as an in-universe myth. You could skip it entirely and lose absolutely nothing. Not that you should. Because I’m not gonna lie: this is kinda the best Narnia…

  • The Tower of Swallows: What is happening?

    Brain hurty, help me. I’ve loved this series so far. But I’m not gonna lie: this is the first Witcher book that I had a hard time getting through. It turned it around eventually, with one of the stronger endings in the series! But the journey to that ending was a confusing, convoluted one! The…

  • Big Damn Hero: Firefly Lives On… Kinda

    Ah, Firefly. The greatest tragedy in the history of American television. Lasting less than a single season, this cult classic has left a hole in my heart that can never be filled. And believe me, I’ve tried. I watched Serenity (and felt the hole expand three times over), read the comics, if it had Firefly…

  • Dalinar Kholin: The Blackthorn

    I’ve been sitting on this one for well over a year now. Apologies Dalinar, I didn’t mean to put you off for so long. It’s been a hot minute since I took a deep dive into a Stormlight Archive character. Kaladin was one of the first characters I ever analyzed in this series and Shallan…

  • Dune (By the Cover): So Much to Work With, All Ignored

    How long has it been since I looked at a cover? The answer is too long. Let’s fix that! Dune as a book is incredibly dense. There is so much world-building and lore crammed into this thing that the story straight-up becomes confusing. You’ve got the worms, the Spice, the unique inhabitants of the planet,…