Showing posts with label release. Show all posts
Showing posts with label release. Show all posts

Saturday, April 28, 2018

Release by Patrick Ness

Release by Patrick Ness - 279 pages

Adam Thorn is having a bad day.  He's having to hide his boyfriend from his ultra-conservative religious family while also throwing a going away party for his former boyfriend.  Then things really start to go bad.  His boss at work ups the sexual harassment.  His best friend is moving away.  And now the world might be ending as a ghost has emerged from the local lake looking for retribution.

This was a very strange book.  I enjoyed the main story about Adam.  It was the second story about the ghost that was jarring.  I think it would have been a better book without its inclusion.  It took away from the main story and didn't really seem to add much to the book.  It also seemed to throw every possible topic into the book -- homosexuality, pregnancy, sexual harassment, parental issues, and more.  Still, teens would probably enjoy the story.

Friday, November 14, 2014

Natsume's Book of Friends by Yuki Midorikawa

Natsume's Book of Friends by Yuki Midorikawa - 208 pages

Natsume sees yokai (Japanese spirits).  Turns out his grandmother trapped many yokai in her Book of Friends and they all want to be released.  So Natsume is slowly going through the book and releasing the yokai.

I did not like this manga.  Each story seemed like it was basically the same. There was no character growth or depth at all.  I'll definitely be skipping the rest of this series.