Michelle Herbert reviews After Atlas by Emma Newman… After Atlas is set in the same world as Planetfall, and is a partial sequel to that novel, as it set forty years after Atlas left Earth. I feel that you could read either book first as the characters in both books do not really cross over. After […]
Book Review – The Hollow Tree by James Brogden
Michelle Herbert reviews The Hollow Tree by James Brogden… The Hollow Tree begins in 1945 with a discovery of a woman’s body in the bottom of a hollow oak. Although the police at the time were never able to find out who the woman was, she became Oak Mary and legends about who this woman […]
Book Review – The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Michelle Herbert reviews The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton… Imagine having to live the same day over and over, although you are reliving the same day, you are always in someone else’s body, with their memories and personalities to contend with, or in some cases lacking their memories and personalities. This is […]
Book Review – Bonfire by Krysten Ritter
Michelle Herbert reviews Bonfire by Krysten Ritter… Bonfire starts with Abby returning to her hometown of Barrens. Abby is now working for an environmental advocacy firm and is returning to Barrens to see if the town’s main employer, Optimal, is polluting the town’s water. Abby is still dealing with a lot of trauma from her […]
Book Review – Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
Michelle Herbert reviews Gnomon by Nick Harkaway… Gnomon is a multi-layered story about the nature of truth in a society that is constantly monitored and watched via the System and policed by the Witness. There is a lot to digest in this book from how much privacy are you willing to give up for security, […]
Exclusive Interview – Hollow Monsters creator Monty Nero
Michelle Herbert chats with Monty Nero about Hollow Monsters… If you are looking for new or semi-established ideas in the comics world, there is currently no better place to look than on Kickstarter. Whether this is from artists and writers who are looking to print their webcomic in volumes, such as Molly Ostertag and Brennan […]
Comic Book Review – Hollow Monsters #1
Michelle Herbert reviews Hollow Monsters #1… In 1982 we meet Jay, when he is still a child, here we really get to see how his mind works, how he is gripped by fear after his safe neighbourhood is vandalised. From there the book swings between Jay’s remembered past to his present, at the same time […]
Book Review – Planetfall by Emma Newman
Michelle Herbert reviews Planetfall by Emma Newman… Planetfall is one of those books that when you begin you have no idea what to expect. Planetfall is set in the future, where a small colony, who left Earth in search of God, now live in relative harmony isolated from the rest of humanity. In this futuristic […]
Book Review – 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
Michelle Herbert reviews 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster… 4 3 2 1 is a book about stories and writing, all told from one character’s perspective, that of Archie Ferguson. Although that isn’t strictly true, as there are four versions of Ferguson, each growing up slightly different from the others, in terms of their […]
Book Review – Strange Weather by Joe Hill
Michelle Herbert reviews Strange Weather by Joe Hill… Strange Weather is a collection of short stories, which not surprisingly have a connection to meteorological conditions, whether that is a growing forest fire or rain that no longer falls as expected. These stories have weather in the background, yet these are very human stories full of […]
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