Tag: Reviews

My 2 Cents on Disney’s Artemis Fowl

What’s new, readers? I just want to give a huge shout-out to the Gen Z users of TikTok and the K-pop fans who bought up all those seats at Trump's Tulsa rally yesterday. This is fantastic—the young people banding together to make their political voices heard, bring about change, and stand against racism. And it's … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Disney’s Artemis Fowl →

My 2 Cents on The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

What’s new, readers? Today is the first day of June, which means summer is on the horizon—and you know what, I couldn’t care less. Things have been so exasperating lately, not just because of the dimwits out there who see fit to dismiss the necessity of face masks, but also because of the police-inflicted murder … Continue reading My 2 Cents on The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes →

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 →

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” →

My 2 Cents on RWBY: Volume 7, Chapter 11 – “Gravity”

(SPOILER ALERT: This is a full breakdown review for “Gravity”) Welcome back, readers, for more discussion of Rooster Teeth’s fantasy anime-style web series, RWBY. Released on Rooster Teeth FIRST on January 18, “Gravity,” Chapter 11 of Volume 7, is an interesting episode that sends the finale in a new direction with its plethora of plot … Continue reading My 2 Cents on RWBY: Volume 7, Chapter 11 – “Gravity” →

My 2 Cents on Such a Fun Age

Kiley Reid kicks off our year strongly with her winsome and thought-provoking debut novel, Such a Fun Age. Emira Tucker, a black twenty-five-year-old who lives in Philadelphia and recently graduated from Temple, babysits for a white, affluent married couple—Alix Chamberlain, lifestyle guru and blogger, and her husband Peter, a news anchor who becomes embroiled in a … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Such a Fun Age →