Category: How’s This Book?

  • The Call of Cthulhu: Gods Beneath the Tide

    I had pretty high expectations going into this one. Most bits of Lovecraft I’ve seen before reading his work, from board games to TTRPGs to stories penned by other authors, have used this story’s title. Surely this has to be one of Lovecraft’s best, right? Let’s find out. Let’s answer the Call of Cthulhu together.…

  • Metro 2034: Finding Beauty in a World Without

    Y’all ready for more happy-go-lucky adventures in the Metro? Boy, I sure do love Russian literature! It’s always so upbeat and uplifting! Ha ha ha… Fuck me, here we go again. Though I struggled to get through it my first time through, by the time I finally finished it, Metro 2033 became one of my…

  • Beyond the Wall of Sleep: Grant Us Eyes, Grant Us Eyes

    A world of dreams? Eyes in the sky? Celestial beings? Insane murderers and mental asylums? Guys, I think I found Bloodborne’s grandpa! Country bumpkin Joe Slater is confined for criminal insanity and murder. Each night, he is haunted by strange, fantastic visions. Using a telepathic device (yeah, sure, why not?), our narrator dives into the…

  • Poirot Adventures: The Theft of the Royal Ruby

    Poirot Adventures: The Theft of the Royal Ruby

    You might otherwise know it as ‘The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding.’ Which, quite frankly, is a way better title. Why did they change it? One mystery at a time. First: Who’s ready for a Christmas mystery?! Wait! Can you hear that? It’s the groans of all my American readers, complaining that tomorrow is Thanksgiving!…

  • Dune Messiah Review: Chains of the Divine

    ‘Dune’ is one of the greatest sci-fi novels of all time. It’s also one of the strangest. Drug-induced visions and hallucination sequences. Complex characters and layered, meticulously written dialogue. A universe that captures the imagination, and a world so fleshed out you’d think you could step out onto the sand yourself. It is a masterpiece…