Literature of Horror, Fantasy & Sci-Fi

The Cursed Child was a good read. However, there are some points of the plot that are just less believable than others. Which ultimately leads it to be a sort of cheesy story. What I did enjoy was the union of Scorpius Malfoy's and Albus Potter's friendship. They are an interesting pair and I loved the character of Scorpius Malfoy. You can really see the difference between his nature and his father's nature when he was his age. This tells us at Draco Malfoy really reformed his personality and was a good role model towards his son. Although his father still maintains some of his characteristics he is still a better person. Then there is the villain. The villain is a poorly thought up character in my opinion. Definitely, a creative back story, being the daughter of Voldemort. However, this character sort of breaks rules set by the other book. I feel it would have been more thoughtful to have this rumor of a love child doing this wrongdoing but then it ends up being just a c...

Game of Thrones is a great book series and show. What I really enjoyed about the story is the constant changing of character perspective. You get to see all parts of the world through all these different character's eyes. I also really like all of the separate families and their sigils and how each family kind of has a different set of morals than the other. It is reminiscent of Hogwarts Houses from Harry Potter. For example, the Lannisters are sort of known as a family that does not show loyalty to others unless it is strategic enough for them to do so. Hence, they had backed up the Baratheon's at the end of the rebellion to have some sort of say in the King's power. Another really cool thing is religion. The inspiration of the old gods and new gods are taken from Greek mythology. This idea of the new gods overtaking the old is a concept borrowed from the story of how Zeus and the gods and goddesses of Olympus fought the Titans and put them in Tartarus. So that they may ...

What I enjoy most about witches is when they bring pagan rituals into the story. The title screams pagan. Some rituals like this can be twisted because they benign but then they end up being terrifyingly brutal. For example, MidSommar is sort of an example of that. Then there is also Sabrina, they have some weird traditions that they keep in touch with that seems less satanist and more pagan (EX. moon bathing under the Hare moon.). Then there is also this extreme nod towards Greek mythology within this book. As a huge fan of greek mythology myself, I found this to be quite entertaining. However, Greek blood is not helpful towards being a witch which is weird because Circe is one of the first witches and she comes from Greek myth. She is a daughter of Helios who is a Titan so her being a witch is of great controversy among the gods and goddesses. Otherwise great a read.

“But when he was swaying above the toilet, he glanced at himself in the mirror over the sink and saw he had grown horns while he slept. He lurched in surprise, and for the second time in twelve hours he pissed on his feet.” This book is interesting because it takes a modern approach to horror. The drunken character that has suffered past traumas is not exactly a new way of writing a character within a horror novel. Although the way the author cuts to the action within the second paragraph on the first page of this novel is a new way of bringing the audience into the story. Yes, usually there is always a hook at the beginning of a story however this hook is just “he had grown horns” without any intense suspense that had led up to this. There was no explanation of his character besides he is a drunk who pisses himself. There is no other indication of how he got into this predicament besides that. I feel as if this character who shares good and bad values all at the same time is a ne...

"What a picture he made of her, the infant death, he called her. Sister death, and sweet death; and for me, mockingly, he had the term with a sweeping bow, Merciful Death! which he said like a woman clapping her hands and shouting out a word of exciting gossip: oh, merciful heavens! so that I wanted to strangle him." This quote struck me because it is an interesting dynamic considering Louis's relationship with Lestat. When another character that is dependant upon them is brought into the mix, the relationship grows in an unexpected direction. Firstly, Louis's disposition towards life at the beginning of the story is already very low. He lost his family, now he has nothing to live for. Enter Lestat, now he has to live forever. Thus, Louis is pissed. Not only does he have eternal life, but eternal life with someone who provokes him and has an alternate set of morals that does not mirror Louis's own. The drinking of blood is something Louis does not ever want to...