An alien apocalypse is Rick Yancey’s take on a new challenge for the plucky heroine prototype that has emerged in the wake of Katniss Everdeen. Whilst The 5th Wave is not quite a dystopia, there is something startlingly familiar about the feisty female lead who attempts to single-handedly take down the alien race that’s oppressing humankind in a post-apocalyptic world. With the film adaptation just released in the US, could this be the next YA mega-franchise?
January 29th, 2016. Ray McKenzie´s rating: 2.5 | Rick Yancey | Young Adult | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
Penny Dreadful: Season 1 by John Logan
If you had told me the premise of Penny Dreadful before I’d seen it, I would have probably rolled my eyes. A collection of famous characters from 19th century Gothic horror novels thrown together into an original plot? Yeah that worked SO well for Hollywood’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Van Helsing. (Not).
So the fact that Penny Dreadful manages to be compelling, thought-provoking, and genuinely interested in engaging the themes of the books that inspired it is a miracle in itself.
January 29th, 2016. Rebecca Fisher´s rating: 5 | Film / TV | SFF Reviews | 6 comments |
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