Category Archives: Reviews

Mur Lafferty’s SIX WAKES brings murder mystery to unkillable victims

My latest book review for Girls in Capes features Mur Lafferty’s new science fiction murder mystery: When Maria Arena’s next clone body wakes up, she has a bit of difficulty getting out of the cloning vat, which is a little atypical. When she finally climbs out, she discovers that all six members of the ship’sContinue reading “Mur Lafferty’s SIX WAKES brings murder mystery to unkillable victims”

Tohyo Game’s second volume brings a new dimension to the series

My newest review at Girls in Capes focuses on the next volume of Tohyo Game. It’s really this volume that introduces my favorite aspect of death match stories: the revealing actions of the players as they try to survive. Volume Two of Tohyo Game features quite a lot of this. Several characters scheme various methods toContinue reading “Tohyo Game’s second volume brings a new dimension to the series”

Check out my most recent manga review at Girls in Capes

Find my latest review up now at Girls in Capes: With that in mind, as a Madoka*Magica franchise fan, most of the mystery of the series evaporated. While that’s true of other spinoff series as well, the direct intersection of Oriko’s path with the plot of the main series is a major detraction from myContinue reading “Check out my most recent manga review at Girls in Capes”

New review at Girls in Capes: Tohyo Game, Vol. 1

My first review of 2017 is live now at Girls in Capes! Tohyo Game (literally “Voting Game”) is a horror story in the vein of King’s Game: Origin and Another set among second-year high school students (equivalent to American high school juniors) in contemporary Japan. In one class, students vote for other students’ popularity — and the onesContinue reading “New review at Girls in Capes: Tohyo Game, Vol. 1”