Commentary on various books and movies I have read or seen.
I bet you never thought of Anakin (Darth Vader) Skywalker and Dorothy Gale as the same sort of characters? I never would have either, if not for Gregory Maguire…
(About 585 words/ 3 minutes read time.)
I truly love Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. I enjoy “Harry Potter”. “The Song of Albion” is fantastic. Still, when I started to write about a fantasy novel, I picked “The Inheritance Cycle” by Paolini. This review is full of spoilers and it probably won’t make much sense if you have not read the books. (About 1380 words/ 6-10 minutes read time.)
(635 words/ maybe 3 minutes read time.)
A thought about Lucasfilm and Disney.
(512 Words/ 2.5 minutes read time.)
Teenage perspective is much different from adult perspective. Rereading this novel proves that.
A very short comment on the Gregory Maguire novels about the Land of Oz.
(About 525 words/ 2 – 4 minutes read time.)
(About 1650 words/ 7 – 10 minutes read time.) If you have not read “The Inheritance Cycle” by Paolini this review will, I hope, help you decide to do that. I’ve avoided spoilers here. Instead of revealing the plot, I decided to discuss the deeper levels of the story. This is not a children’s fairy tale. Keep reading and see why.
(About 1260 words/ 5 – 8 minutes read time.) I’ve read reviews of various fantasy stories that irritate me. The reviewer does not know what he/she is talking about. I’ll explain…
