Review: Dark Apprentice

Dark Apprentice by Kevin J. Anderson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is definitely better than its predecessor. It starts off really slow, gets pretty good, and then the second half is ripe with drama, character building, and intrigue. I'm bad at doing these without any spoilers, but it's among the more interesting conflicts I've experienced in Star Wars. Even if the antagonist seemed at first to have been a bit rushed, he's been built up pretty well now.

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Review: Jedi Search

Jedi Search by Kevin J. Anderson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

More like 3.5. It was definitely enjoyable, just nothing special. A few good character moments and many of the concepts such as the state of a remote Empire fleet with no clue they lost and finding latent force-users across the galaxy (which reminded me of season 3 of Korra) kept my interest high, established great possibilities for the other 2 books and beyond, and overall bumped it up from being just pretty good

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Review: X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past by Chris Claremont
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: Equal Rites

Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
My rating: 0 of 5 stars

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Review: Spawn Origins, Volume 3

Spawn Origins, Volume 3 by Todd McFarlane
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Some of the best stories of Spawn so far are gathered here. Amazing characterization, Capullo's amazing art, Milelr actually writing something interesting, a lot of depth added to the world and lore, and some of the best character designs, especially for minor characters, I;ve ever seen. Some issues are above average as opposed to amazing, which brings it down a bit, but the highs are something spectacular.

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Review: Uncanny X-men: Muir Island Saga

Uncanny X-men: Muir Island Saga by Chris Claremont
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The art is superb, the ideas are great, and some of the action is awesome. It's actually jumbled, does a lot of telling and not showing to rush to a conclusion, and a lot of the potential mental tensions between x-people isn't tackled in the slightest.

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Review: The Colour of Magic

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

So I decided to do a shitty video review, so yeah.

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Review: The Colour of Magic

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

So I decided to do a shitty video review, so yeah.

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Review: Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 10

Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 10 by J.M. DeMatteis
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Meh. That's honestly the best descriptor I have. Just, meh. So many one-shot villains, such dull characters and dialogue, even sub-standard art for the most part.

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Review: ワンピース [Wan Pīsu] 79

ワンピース [Wan Pīsu] 79 by Eiichiro Oda
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I was getting so sick of the lack of progress being made with Dressrosa in the anime, and to be fair, I can't comment on the manga side, that I said "f*ck it" and finally started reading the manga, which some day in thefuture I plan on slowly reading through from the beginning. Anyway, I read a few chapters, and BAM! It's finally done with. Doffy is an excellent villain, but nothing could go as long as his story did without me getting sick of it. The art is pretty good with a few stunning panels, the was so many characters from the entire arc got together was well done and fun to see, and it was nice to see people actually praising the Straw Hats. Also, the big introduction in the last chapter is pretty amusing while also setting up a very intimidating antagonist. My biggest issues are that I thought Gear 4 looked stupid, though was otherwise interesting, the 1 minute thing felt way too much like a standard Shounen trope, and the way Oda does the speech bubbles makes it really difficult to tell who's talking quite frequently.

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Review: Green Lantern: Rebirth

Green Lantern: Rebirth by Geoff Johns
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I was never a fan of the late 90's-mid 2000's super dark art of the time at DC. Otherwise this was an awesome part. I always found the Spectre and Parallax things to be convoluted, but those gripes aside, there was great coloring where that was present, awesome character moments, and a solid story. Easy enough to pick up as your first GL book, but dipped in enough lore for long=time fans, and got me hyped for the rest of the run.

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Review: Justice League (2011-) #47

Justice League (2011-) #47 by Geoff Johns
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The last two issues have been kind of disappointing. Darkseid War had been quickly becoming one of my favorite things ever in comics. However, the last two issues have fallen a bit flat for me. The art is still great, and there's still a lot of intrigue. But it also feels liek Johns is making things happen for no reason, and rehashing too much from the last arc. It was still enjoyable and I'll keep reading, but I was definitely let down.

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Review: Injustice: Gods Among Us, Vol. 1

Injustice: Gods Among Us, Vol. 1 by Tom Taylor
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was astoundingly good. Much better paced and structured than within the game. It's tense, full of great character moments, and extremely interesting to see what's basically a brewing war between superheroes. However, through the game, I've seen the setup before, and it's not the most original premise, especially for DC. But it's among the highest quality iterations of said premise. The art is hit and miss, but hits hard when it hits, and some, like Hal, I can't see "turning" so quickly.

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Review: Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 9

Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 9 by Marv Wolfman
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Marv Wolfman's run in the first 2/3 or so is really good with many of the bst issues I've read, while it slowly corrected many character mistakes that Peter and his friends often exhibited. It still had its issues, but it was really great and intriguing overall. Unfortunately, like most writers, he didn't stay on forever, and unfortunately not that long, leaving way for an immediate plummet in writing quality, including nonsensical stories that set up boring confrontations and not much else. That brings the overall rating for this collection down a bit. I'd say the last third is also unnecessary reading, so feel free to put it down after page 400 or so.

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Review: Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 8

Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 8 by Len Wein
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Seriously. EVERYONE blames Spider-Man for everything. Gwen died, its his fault. Her dad died, it's his fault. He's fighting robbers, he's robbing them. Literally every other appearance Punisher or Human Torch are either fighting him or helping him. Now Nova? A super-powered galactic warrior is yelling at Spider-Man for killing his uncle. I don't like Peter and MJ always hating each other for no reason, but this is just obnoxious.

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Review: Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 7

Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 7 by Gerry Conway
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

This is pretty weak, honestly. A lot of MJ getting pissed for no reason or completely over-reacting to understandable struggles Peter has, Gwen trying to cope with her return is interesting, but it's very rarely touched upon. The clones are stupid, the re-animations and ghosts are stupid, and most of the situations are stupid, and people keep flip flopping on Spidey being the greatest thing ever and the world's greatest criminal, and even the Punisher and Strange appearances are dull.

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Review: Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 6

Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 6 by Gerry Conway
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Definitely an improvement over the first almost 100 issues. Spidey isn't as mopey, his relationships are better fleshed out, and at one point, he briefly gives p on being Supider-man, which I would've done a while ago. It' still obnoxious and unrealistic just HOW much people loathe Spider-man and are quick to assume every wrong-doing is his fault, no matter how much they praise him before or after. It wqas still kinda boring throughout, however, and for fairly obvious reasons, it's hard to get super-attached to pete and Gwen as a thing, besides the fact that they don't do much besides say "I love you" a bunch, I honestly think Pete and MJ have more immediate chemistry, an they barely talk. Gil Kane's art is very underrated. Also, i do not look forward to finishing these and having to seek out individual issues cuz marvel just stopped.

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Review: Justice League, Vol. 7: Darkseid War, Book 1

Justice League, Vol. 7: Darkseid War, Book 1 by Geoff Johns
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I love the Darkseid War so far, and since all the issues here have been released and read by me, I can rate this, assuming I have no future reason to hate this collection specifically. The art is absolutely sublime and Geoff Johns is at the top of his writing game. The only disappointment is not getting to see more of the clash of gods.

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Review: Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 4

Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 4 by Stan Lee
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Most of these issues are just bad. Peter goes out of his way to reveal his identity, and how does he go about it, out of the uniform he just walks in and is like "hey, I'm Spider-Man!" like anyone would believe that. Gwen and Peter's relationship woes are dragged out horribly and everyone is either stupid or an asshole. I did like Peter getting sick of Jonah, but the way that played out felt like a horrible cop-out.

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Review: Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 3

Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 3 by Stan Lee
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This set starts off with a bang with spme great villian-centric issues in a row, then there's a lot of Peter still being kinda a douche but people being okay with it now, and then a pretty sweet old school monster movie type issue at the end. These are still historical significance reads with a few exceptions.

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