bandherbooks's Reviews (3.65k)

A privileged girl who's family feels no effects from the onset of the Great Depression is sent to a horse-riding camp for ladies in North Carolina due to a mysterious indiscretion that is only slowly revealed as you read. I did not feel much empathy with the main character, as it did not seem she truly grew or learned much besides the fact she should be here own person, no matter what her family thinks. I also thought the 'mysterious circumstances' that led to her banishment were truly horrible. I just kept thinking #richwhitegirlproblems the entire time I read this novel.

Hilarious and dark comics by a British cartoonist with a definite literary bent. I often laughed out loud and also thoroughly enjoyed the illustrations.

My guilty secret pleasure, Nora Roberts. Great read for a summer car trip with a chatty baby and husband (not much brain power required). The mystery was cliche, but always enjoy the her characters.

The second chapter to a tale where all men (except, alas, poor Yorick and his monkey) are dead. Here Yorick finally finds his sister, but may have additional troubles on his path to help a Doctor who make be able to answer some questions make it to her lab in California.

Chapter 3 finds Yorrick, 355, and the Doctor clashing with some Israeli soldiers and finding out there may actually be a few more men...in the universe. Laugh out loud funny and vibrant color illustrations make this a true reading pleasure.

I had a feeling the title "Safeword" would be taken literally, and I was not wrong. Poor Yorick, more misadventures and they still aren't in LA. More laugh out loud moments, great art work (especially the expressions), and awesome dialog. Why the hell isn't this a TV show?

Is the weird magic shop engagement ring Yorick purchased for his girlfriend Beth the reason why he and Ampersand survived the plauge killing all the other Y chromosome's out there? This next adventure pits Yorick and crew against another bunch of crazy women. Continuosly snappy dialogue and colorful action sequences puts this graphic novel series on top.

Enjoyable about one engagement ring and its impact on four different characters living in four different eras. Sullivan was inspired to write this book after learning about the woman who coined "A Diamond is Forever" for Debeers in the middle of the 20th century, a time when men dominated advertizing. Sullivan did a great job keeping you guessing about how each of the tales would intertwine, but I did find myself a bit bored with some of the characters after awhile. A little too much background and not enough action. Light summer read with not too many lessons learned by any of the characters.