Author: Arthur Howell

Hey everyone! As you can probably tell, I have plenty of appreciation for books, movies, and TV shows—enough that I'm willing to write up whole reviews for all of this media and spread the good (or bad) word about them to everyone else. You can find me doing the same thing over at my podcast, which is also called 2 Cents Critic, where I bring on a variety of special guests to help me do reviews and recaps of (you guessed it!) books, movies, and TV shows.

My 2 Cents on The Kingdom of Back

When you hear the name Mozart, you will most likely think of Wolfgang Amadeus, the child prodigy who made unimaginably vast contributions to classical music—but there wasn’t just one musically proficient Mozart. With her young adult novel fusion between historical fiction and fantasy, The Kingdom of Back, Marie Lu (Legend, Warcross) pulls us into a decade-long … Continue reading My 2 Cents on The Kingdom of Back →

My 2 Cents on All Our Wrong Todays

I’ve always been partial to time-travel tales—Back to the Future, Stephen King’s 11/22/63, Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveler’s Wife, NBC’s Timeless, et cetera. And I can add another one to the list: All Our Wrong Todays, the 2017 debut novel by screenwriter Elan Mastai (The F Word). It takes place in an alternate timeline where … Continue reading My 2 Cents on All Our Wrong Todays →

Project Super Nex – Chapter Seven – Shred of Everything

Lab C16 on the Citadelle’s thirty-first floor is nice enough, with its tables and computers arranged in loose circles, with its microscopes, vials, centrifuges, ultra-cold freezers, and tons of other supplies. It’s one of several laboratories in the building handling research for Warbearer projects. I’m running computer sims, organizing equipment, recording everything in excruciating detail … Continue reading Project Super Nex – Chapter Seven – Shred of Everything →

Project Super Nex – Chapter Six – First Acquaintance

Mom’s dropping me off now at Gollinger Park on her way to work (she’s an executive for MacCloud Electronics up in the city). She kisses me on the forehead, ruffles my hair, wishes me luck on my tennis match with Dr. Fulbright. I climb out of her car, watch her drive off, and then I … Continue reading Project Super Nex – Chapter Six – First Acquaintance →

My 2 Cents on RWBY: Volume 7, Chapter 13 – “The Enemy of Trust”

(SPOILER ALERT: This is a full breakdown review for “The Enemy of Trust”) Welcome back, readers, for discussion of the season finale of Rooster Teeth’s fantasy anime-style web series, RWBY. Released on Rooster Teeth FIRST on February 1, “The Enemy of Trust,” Chapter 13 of Volume 7, is a finale that starts off strong, loses … Continue reading My 2 Cents on RWBY: Volume 7, Chapter 13 – “The Enemy of Trust” →

My 2 Cents on RWBY: Volume 7, Chapter 12 – “With Friends Like These”

(SPOILER ALERT: This is a full breakdown review for “With Friends Like These”) Welcome back, readers, for more discussion of Rooster Teeth’s fantasy anime-style web series, RWBY. Released on Rooster Teeth FIRST on January 25, “With Friends Like These,” Chapter 12 of Volume 7, would be a wonderful penultimate entry in this volume if not … Continue reading My 2 Cents on RWBY: Volume 7, Chapter 12 – “With Friends Like These” →

Project Super Nex – Chapter Five – Grammar Fanatic

My Mobular driver, Larson, is motoring out of Hexaber and then speeding west through the Trainore neighborhood. His stereo is blaring some twangy, plaintive country song; I never have to listen to any of that in Penelope’s truck. Sitting in the backseat, I distract myself by checking Walnut. My feed’s filled with news about the … Continue reading Project Super Nex – Chapter Five – Grammar Fanatic →