"the books" Reviews

• books In Jo Nesbø's The Thirst, Detective Harry Hole Tracks a Twisted Killer By Eric Swedlund May 10, 2017 | 3:56pm Rating9.0
• comics Fabien Grolleau & Jérémie Royer's Audubon, On the Wings of the World Is a Rich, Strange and Unrestricted Devotional to Nature By Hillary Brown May 10, 2017 | 10:30am Rating7.7
• comics Wai Wai Pang’s Ripples is a Gentle, Inventive Take on a Familiar Lynchian Mystery By Chris Kindred May 9, 2017 | 10:00am Rating7.2
• books The Good, the Bad and the Hilariously Filthy: Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood By Bridey Heing May 4, 2017 | 1:46pm Rating9.5
• comics The Underworld is Criminal & Literal in Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurtt's The Damned #1 By Tobias Carroll May 3, 2017 | 11:00am Rating7.8
• comics In Space, Everyone Should Hear Saladin Ahmed & Christian Ward's Black Bolt Scream By Mark Peters May 3, 2017 | 9:00am Rating8.0
• comics Batman/The Shadow #1 is Less Than the Sum of its Pulpy Parts By Mark Peters April 26, 2017 | 9:00am Rating5.2
• comics Cathy Malkasian’s Dreamy Eartha Fades Upon Waking By Hillary Brown April 21, 2017 | 11:00am Rating6.2
• comics Artist ACO "Sterankos" the Hell Out of New Nick Fury Comic With James Robinson By Mark Peters April 20, 2017 | 2:30pm Rating8.0
• comics Manuele Fior's The Interview Puts Aliens & Emotions in Soft Focus By Hillary Brown April 12, 2017 | 9:00am Rating7.5
• books Feral, By The Purge Screenwriter James DeMonaco and B.K. Evenson, Fails as a Horror Novel By B. David Zarley April 7, 2017 | 4:06pm Rating4.0
• comics Queer Comedy/Romance Gets a "Grim" Spin in Sarah Graley's Kim Reaper By Caitlin Rosberg April 5, 2017 | 10:30am Rating7.8
• comics Advance: Kyle Starks Brings "Filthy...Hobo" Folklore to Image with Rock Candy Mountain #1 By Mark Peters April 4, 2017 | 9:30am Rating8.0
• comics Are the DC Comics/Hanna-Barbera Crossovers Any Good? (Spoiler Alert: Mostly Yes) By Paste Staff March 30, 2017 | 12:00pm
• comics Archie Comics Howls at the Moon in Jughead: The Hunger By Mark Peters March 29, 2017 | 10:30am Rating8.0
• books Taylor Brown's Prose in The River of Kings is Reminiscent of Terrence Malick By Steve Nathans-Kelly March 24, 2017 | 4:53pm Rating9.3
• comics Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero is Michael DeForge at His Playful, Melancholy Best By Hillary Brown March 24, 2017 | 10:00am Rating8.6
• books The Moth's All These Wonders Delivers a Mix of Captivating and Dull Stories By Jason Rhode March 22, 2017 | 5:13pm Rating7.9
• comics Tom Scioli's Transformers vs. G.I. Joe: The Movie Adaptation is B-A-N-A-N-A-S By Mark Peters March 22, 2017 | 10:15am Rating7.5
• books David Bellos Explores Les Misérables' Dramatic History in The Novel of the Century By Jason Rhode March 21, 2017 | 3:17pm Rating8.5
• books Susan Perabo's The Fall of Lisa Bellow Explores the Fascinating Aftermath of an Abduction By Bridey Heing March 17, 2017 | 5:59pm Rating8.0
• comics American Gods: Shadows #1 is Worthy of Worship By Toussaint Egan March 15, 2017 | 11:00am Rating8.1
• comics California Dreamin’: Cass Elliot Before the Mamas & the Papas Breaks Through the Biographical Noise By Hillary Brown March 9, 2017 | 10:30am Rating8.4
• books The Stranger in the Woods Tells the Extraordinary Tale of the "Last True Hermit" By Eric Swedlund March 8, 2017 | 12:11pm Rating8.0
• books Fans Get an Unfiltered Peek at Joan Didion's Writing Process in South and West By Bridey Heing March 7, 2017 | 12:07pm Rating8.0
• books Three Students' Lives Prove Hauntingly Relevant in Everything Belongs to Us by Yoojin Grace Wuertz By B. David Zarley March 2, 2017 | 11:14am Rating8.0
• comics Marguerite Bennett, Rafael de Latorre & Juan Doe's Animosity Vol. 1 Shows a World Where the Fauna Bites Back By Caitlin Rosberg March 1, 2017 | 1:00pm Rating8.3
• books Melissa Febos' Intimate Memoir Abandon Me Will Tap Into Your Fears By Bridey Heing March 1, 2017 | 1:00pm Rating9.0
• comics Greg Rucka & Leandro Fernández Wage Unending War in The Old Guard #1 By Tobias Carroll February 22, 2017 | 10:00am Rating7.5
• comics Batwoman: Rebirth #1 is the Relaunch Kate Kane has Deserved for Years By Caitlin Rosberg February 15, 2017 | 12:00pm Rating8.9
• books Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology Reads Like a Bible Produced by Marvel By Mark Peters February 13, 2017 | 3:51pm Rating8.5
• comics Pretending Is Lying is a Mystifying, Satisfying Hidden Gem By Hillary Brown February 10, 2017 | 10:00am Rating7.6
• books An Act of Violence Highlights Both Sides of the Abortion Debate in Joyce Carol Oates' A Book of American Martyrs By Bridey Heing February 8, 2017 | 12:29pm Rating9.0
• comics Justice League of America: Rebirth #1 Asserts Itself as DC's New Flagship Team Title By Caitlin Rosberg February 8, 2017 | 9:00am Rating8.6
• books In Pachinko, Min Jin Lee Traces a Korean Family's Immigrant Experience Across Four Generations By Christine An February 7, 2017 | 11:27am Rating9.0
• comics The Abominable Mr. Seabrook Navigates the Complexities of an Implausible, Harrowing Life By Tobias Carroll January 30, 2017 | 10:00am Rating9.5
• comics The Kamandi Challenge #1 is a Freewheeling Tribute to the King of Comics By Mark Peters January 26, 2017 | 10:30am Rating8.9
• comics Batman '66 Meets Wonder Woman '77 is the Bright, Giddy, Joyous Crossover the World Needs Right Now By Mark Peters January 25, 2017 | 10:00am Rating8.5
• books Brad Gooch Chronicles the Iconic Sufi Poet's Life in Rumi's Secret By Bridey Heing January 18, 2017 | 11:48am Rating8.5
• books Janet Ellis Unleashes an Avenging Angel on Georgian London in The Butcher's Hook By Bridey Heing January 12, 2017 | 4:41pm Rating8.5
• books Music Icon Wilson Pickett Garners His First Biography with Tony Fletcher's In the Midnight Hour By Robert Ham January 10, 2017 | 2:43pm Rating8.2
• comics Donny Cates & Geoff Shaw Balance the Epic and Intimate in God Country By Mark Peters January 9, 2017 | 9:15am Rating9.0
• books Kaya Genç's Under the Shadow Offers a Snapshot of Turkey's Political Landscape By B. David Zarley December 30, 2016 | 3:30pm Rating7.7
• books A Math Savant Defects from North Korea in J.M. Lee's The Boy Who Escaped Paradise By Bridey Heing December 29, 2016 | 10:40am Rating7.5
• comics Advance: John Arcudi & Toni Fejzula’s Dead Inside #1 is a Locked-Room Mystery, Squared By Tobias Carroll December 19, 2016 | 8:30am Rating7.3
• comics Julia Gfrörer's Laid Waste Raises a Hand From the Darkness By Hillary Brown December 14, 2016 | 9:30am Rating8.7
• books David France's How to Survive a Plague Is a Remarkable, Infuriating History of AIDS By B. David Zarley December 9, 2016 | 4:23pm Rating9.9
• comics The Prognosis for Kieron Gillen & Kev Walker's Star Wars: Doctor Aphra is Promising—and Hilarious By Mark Peters December 9, 2016 | 9:00am Rating8.5
• books Zadie Smith's Swing Time Dismantles the Question "Which Woman Do You Sleep With & Which Do You Marry?" By Shannon M. Houston December 5, 2016 | 12:36pm Rating9.5
• books Mata Hari Gains a Sensual and Tragic Voice in Paulo Coelho's The Spy By Bridey Heing November 23, 2016 | 2:38pm Rating9.0
• books Against Me! Frontwoman Laura Jane Grace Offers Blunt Confessions in Tranny By Robert Ham November 18, 2016 | 2:09pm Rating7.8
• comics Brian Azzarello & Juan Doe's Chilling American Monster Vol. 1 Couldn't Come at a Better Time By Tobias Carroll November 18, 2016 | 10:30am Rating7.8
• comics WWE: Then. Now. Forever. Bodes Well for the Future of Wrestling Comics By Barry Thompson November 11, 2016 | 11:00am Rating8.5
• comics Who Killed Kurt Cobain is a Gorgeous, Familiar Dive into an Icon's Faux History By Barry Thompson November 10, 2016 | 9:30am Rating7.8
• comics Dave McKean’s Cages 25th Anniversary Edition Pushes Words & Pictures to Their Limit By Tobias Carroll November 3, 2016 | 11:00am Rating9.6
• books Clare Beams Proves She's a Captivating Literary Voice with We Show What We Have Learned By Christine An October 28, 2016 | 4:03pm Rating9.0
• books In Beatles '66, Steve Turner Explores a Revolutionary Year in the Band's Life By Robert Ham October 27, 2016 | 2:15pm Rating8.8
• books Silvia Moreno-Garcia Introduces Warring Vampires to Mexico City in Certain Dark Things By B. David Zarley October 26, 2016 | 4:55pm Rating7.0
• books Jonathan Lethem Tackles Telepathy and a Tumor in A Gambler's Anatomy By Eric Swedlund October 20, 2016 | 11:14am Rating8.0
• comics Gerard Way, Jon Rivera, Michael Avon Oeming & Tom Scioli's Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #1 is a Kirby-Infused Delight By Mark Peters October 20, 2016 | 9:00am Rating9.9
• comics Lucas Varela's Near-Wordless The Longest Day of the Future is Darkly Funny, Deeply Sad By Hillary Brown October 14, 2016 | 12:00pm Rating8.2
• books In Hag-Seed, Margaret Atwood Reimagines Shakespeare's The Tempest By Bridey Heing October 12, 2016 | 3:24pm Rating8.5
• comics Warren Ellis & Phil Hester's Shipwreck #1 Doesn't Sink By Tobias Carroll October 7, 2016 | 9:00am Rating8.0
• comics Kwanza Osajyefo & Jamal Igle's Black #1 is Raw & Potent By Toussaint Egan October 6, 2016 | 9:30am Rating7.4
• comics Steve Orlando & Fernando Blanco's Midnighter and Apollo is a Kickass Second Act By Mark Peters October 5, 2016 | 1:00pm Rating9.0
• books Bruce Springsteen Delivers a Rough Memoir in Born to Run By Robert Ham September 30, 2016 | 3:34pm Rating7.8
• comics Guest Editor Roz Chast's The Best American Comics 2016 Lives Up to its Name By Hillary Brown September 30, 2016 | 10:00am Rating8.0
• books Dave Eggers Sets His Characters Loose in Alaska in Heroes of the Frontier By Bridey Heing September 23, 2016 | 3:13pm Rating8.0
• books Juan Gabriel Vásquez Traces a Political Cartoonist's Power in Reputations By B. David Zarley September 22, 2016 | 3:55pm Rating8.0
• comics A Legacy of Nightmares Unfolds in Rick Remender & Jerome Opeña's Seven to Eternity By Tobias Carroll September 22, 2016 | 11:00am Rating7.9
• comics Dash Shaw Explores Pop Culture Identity in Cosplayers By Hillary Brown September 20, 2016 | 2:00pm Rating8.3
• comics Axiom Is the Worst Version of a Story Its Creators Have Already Told By Steve Foxe September 19, 2016 | 3:00pm Rating2.3
• books In A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles Creates a Spellbinding Frenzy Reminiscent of Alexandre Dumas By Steve Nathans-Kelly September 16, 2016 | 4:45pm Rating9.0
• comics Hollywood Receives Righteous Body-Horror Revenge in Glitterbomb #1 By Tobias Carroll September 8, 2016 | 11:30am Rating7.1
• books Carl Hiaasen's Razor Girl Chronicles an Inventive Kidnapping Plot Gone Awry By Eric Swedlund September 7, 2016 | 12:45pm Rating7.5
• comics Monstrousness as Metaphor in the Erotic Body Horror of InSEXts By Caitlin Rosberg August 31, 2016 | 11:30am Rating8.1
• books Shaun Harris' The Hemingway Thief Delivers a Literary Mystery with a High Body Count By Steve Nathans-Kelly August 23, 2016 | 2:55pm Rating8.3
• books Gordon Corera's Cyberspies Explores the Tumultuous History of Digital Espionage By B. David Zarley August 22, 2016 | 4:03pm Rating8.0
• comics The Greatest of Marlys is Lynda Barry at Her Greatest By Hillary Brown August 22, 2016 | 9:00am Rating9.0
• comics Isolation, Violence and Ideology: A Dangerous Visit to Briggs Land By Tobias Carroll August 19, 2016 | 11:00am Rating7.8
• comics Cry Havoc Vol. 1: Mything in Action is Bloody Perfect By Toussaint Egan August 18, 2016 | 12:00pm Rating9.4
• comics Otherworld Barbara Vol. 1 Haunts You Like a Dream By Hillary Brown August 16, 2016 | 1:00pm Rating8.6
• comics Wall Street Conjures Deadly Magic in The Black Monday Murders By Tobias Carroll August 12, 2016 | 9:30am Rating8.3
• comics Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda's Monstress Vol. 1 Finds Hope in the Midst of Hell By Toussaint Egan July 13, 2016 | 12:30pm Rating9.1
• games In Daniel Lisi's Book, World of Warcraft Is an Object That Incubates a Culture By Cameron Kunzelman July 11, 2016 | 1:30pm Rating8.0
• comics Noah Van Sciver's Disquiet Collection Produces Exactly That By Hillary Brown July 11, 2016 | 8:00am Rating7.3
• comics Pour One Out for Tony Millionaire's Maakies: Drinky Crow Drinks Again By Hillary Brown July 8, 2016 | 4:00pm Rating7.0
• comics Lisa Hanawalt Brings a Marvelously Weird Perspective to Hot Dog Taste Test By Hillary Brown July 8, 2016 | 11:00am Rating8.6
• comics Keith Jones' Secretimes is a Pleasant, Joycean Class War By Hillary Brown June 28, 2016 | 11:00am Rating7.8
• comics The Sweetness #1 Smuggles in the Retrofuture By Tobias Carroll June 24, 2016 | 4:00pm Rating7.0
• comics Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá Transcend Adaptation in Neil Gaiman's How To Talk To Girls At Parties By Toussaint Egan June 23, 2016 | 11:00am Rating8.9
• comics Paranoia and Chaos Converge in Strange Attractors #1 By Tobias Carroll June 3, 2016 | 10:30am Rating7.8
• comics Rich Tommaso's She Wolf Transforms '80s VHS Horror into Stunning Comics By Jannon Callaway June 1, 2016 | 11:00am Rating8.0
• comics Matt Furie's Boy's Club is No Rare Pepe By Hillary Brown May 27, 2016 | 11:30am Rating4.0
• comics Kramers Ergot 9 is Gloriously, Unabashedly Not For Everyone By Hillary Brown May 27, 2016 | 9:30am Rating7.8
• comics The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia is Social History in Black, White and Red By Tobias Carroll May 24, 2016 | 1:00pm Rating8.3
• comics William Gibson & Butch Guice's Archangel Takes Mind-Bending Flight By Toussaint Egan May 20, 2016 | 11:00am Rating8.5
• comics Tim Goodyear's Video Tonfa is a VHS Fever Dream By Toussaint Egan May 18, 2016 | 1:00pm Rating7.2
• comics Josh Simmons Drew a Page a Month in the Gruesome, Disorienting Jessica Farm By Hillary Brown May 12, 2016 | 1:00pm Rating6.8
• comics Everything is Teeth Explores A Childhood Among Sharks and Imagination’s Menace By Tobias Carroll May 12, 2016 | 11:00am Rating7.8
• books A Murder Trial Tackles Race and Class in The Mother by Yvvette Edwards By Bridey Heing May 10, 2016 | 9:36am Rating8.5
• comics Van Jensen’s Mom On Cryptocracy #1 by Van Jensen & Pete Woods By Jean Jensen May 6, 2016 | 8:00am Rating9.9
• books The Brits "Keep Calm and Carry On" in Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave By Bridey Heing May 5, 2016 | 12:46pm Rating9.0
• comics Robert Sergel's Space: An Eschew Collection Explores the Vast Orbits Between Its Characters By Hillary Brown April 29, 2016 | 11:00am Rating8.0
• comics Pop-Culture Influences Explode in the Gonzo Bartkira: Nuclear Edition By Toussaint Egan April 28, 2016 | 11:00am Rating8.2
• comics Chester Brown Argues For Prostitution (Again) in Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus By Hillary Brown April 25, 2016 | 10:00am Rating8.1
• comics Kengo Hanazawa’s I Am a Hero is Here to Save Horror Manga By Steve Foxe April 22, 2016 | 11:00am Rating9.2
• books Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane by Paul Thomas Murphy By Bridey Heing April 13, 2016 | 12:45pm Rating6.0