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sábado, 3 de julio de 2021

Reseña de ARC: The Crumrin Chronicles Vol. 1: The Charmed & the Cursed

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Reseña Bilingue

The Crumrin Chronicles Vol. 1: The Charmed & the Cursed 

by Ted Naifeh

  

128 pages

Published June 22nd 2021 by Oni Press
ISBN: 1620109301 (ISBN13: 9781620109304)

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is a sort of spinoff of Courtney Crumrin books, about a sorceress and her great uncle warlock. So it is centered in Wilberforce "Will" Crumrin, the brother of great uncle Aloysius, retorned from the land of fairies after near a hundred years or so, in the form of a boy clueless about living with humans. 

domingo, 2 de mayo de 2021

Reseña de ARC: The Underfoot Vol. 2 : Under the Sun

The Underfoot Vol. 2: Into the Sun 

by Ben Fisher

176 pages
Published April 20th 2021 by Oni Press
ISBN: 1620108534 (ISBN13: 9781620108536)
Edition Language: English
Series: The Underfoot

 Synopsis: H.A.M. has joined forces with H.A.P., using their differing gifts and combined knowledge to explore new territory and aid “clients” with problems both on land and in the Great Wide above. After priceless Giants-That-Were artifacts vanish from storage and one of their allies is double-crossed by deadly “stingers,” H.A.M. and H.A.P. find themselves at the center of a plot far more sinister than anything they’ve faced before.

 

My rating: 3.5 stars

 En la continuación del libro anterior, el equipo de H.A.M se une a H.A.P. y dividen los equipos, mientras uno va por los hongos que aportan energía al complejo, otros van a un encuentro entre planeadores y aguijones. Mientras tanto, las baterías y otras cosas han ido desapareciendo, ¿faltan o alguien se las está quitando?

sábado, 1 de mayo de 2021

Reseña de ARC: The Underfoot Vol. 1: The Mighty Deep


The Underfoot Vol. 1: The Mighty Deep 

by 

Ben Fisher, Emily S. Whitten,

Michelle Nguyen

 
160 pages
Published April 23rd 2019 by Oni Press
ISBN: 1549302892 (ISBN13: 9781549302893)
Series: The Underfoot

Sinopsis:  It has been untold years since the Giants-That-Were disappeared, leaving behind the animals forever changed by their strange science. Now, granted the gifts of intelligence and self-awareness, the valiant Hamster Aquatic Mercenaries struggle to keep their horde alive in the dangerous new world.

My rating: 3.5 stars

¡Amigo, hámsters guerreros!

En un mundo postapocalíptico, hámsteres modificados genéticamente viven en un recinto esperando el regreso de los Gigantes. Son los H.A.M. ( Hamsters Acuáticos Mercenarios). Son de varios tipos físicos, de diferentes razas. (El autor afirma tener  hámsters y haberse basado en ellos para su cómic)

Durante años sus crías se han estado entrenando para formar parte de una especie de comandos acuáticos de élite, que realizan misiones para sus vecinos, pero no por dinero ni especies, sino que el líder va acumulando "favores" para cuando llegue el momento. ¿A marcharse ?, ¿del regreso de los gigantes? no lo sabemos. Aún.

jueves, 29 de abril de 2021

Reseña de ARC: Boys Run the Riot vol. 1 (Manga)

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´{Review in English / reseña en Castellano}

Boys Run the Riot 01

 by Keito Gaku

246 pages

Expected publication: May 25th 2021 by Kodansha Comics (first published July 6th 2020)
Original Title:ボーイズ・ラン・ザ・ライオット
ISBN: 1646512480 (ISBN13: 9781646512485)
Edition Language: English
Series: Boys Run the Riot #1

Sinopsis: A transgender teen named Ryuu finds an escape from the expectations and anxieties of his daily life in the world of street fashion. This personal, heartfelt, fictional story from a Japanese transgender manga creator made waves in Japan and will inspire readers all over the world!

Comentario personal:


Manga realista sobre un estudiante de segundo año de secundaria mientras lucha por ser transgénero y con esa idea de encajar y mantener la cabeza gacha para no sobresalir y evitar ser juzgado y despreciado. Ryo odia tener que usar un uniforme de niña y esconderse de sus padres que lo empujan a ser más femenino.

Todo cambia cuando un chico nuevo llega a su clase - Jin Sato-, ha perdido un año, usa piercing y un peinado vanguardista, y Ryo se pregunta "¿cómo puede caminar atrayendo la atención así?", Y tenemos que decirlo , Ryo también tiene sus propios prejuicios al pensar mal del otro chico sin siquiera conocerlo. 

miércoles, 28 de abril de 2021

Reseña de ARC: Elecboy vol. 1

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{Reseña en Castellano / Review in English}

 

 

Elecboy, Vol. 1: Birth 

by Jaouen Salaün

 
74 pages
Published March 24th 2021 by Europe Comics
Original Title: Elecboy 1 - Naissance 
Traduccion:
ASIN: B08XY8HHHK
Edition Language: English
Series: Elecboy #1

SYNOPSIS: In a devastated cityscape, a lone man fights off creatures of fearsome power: white, winged, serenely impassive, and capable of terrifying transformations... Decades later, in a desolate American southwest, a meager colony of human survivors ekes out a precarious existence between dwindling water supplies and magnetic shields that screen them from roving bands of aerial attackers. An ancestral upper class presides, while in the lower city, laborers do the hazardous work of keeping everyone alive. But all that may be about to change when the mysterious Joshua comes of age...




Graphic Novel of the post-apocaliptic flair. A struggle to follow the plot for moments, starts with a epic battle between beings that resemble alien-angels-Venom and another one.

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domingo, 28 de marzo de 2021

Reseña de ARC: Aster of Pan - Volume 1 by Merwan

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 Review in English/ Reseña en Castellano

 

Aster of Pan - Volume 1 

by 

Merwan

 
103 pages
Published November 20th 2019 by Europe Comics
ISBN13: 9791032809631
Edition Language: English

SINOPSIS: The post-apocalyptic society of Pan survives by growing rice and scavenging among the ruins of a destroyed civilization. Their precarious existence comes under threat when the powerful, technologically advanced Federation of Fortuna forces them into a dangerous choice—submit to Fortuna’s rule, or try to best them in a barbaric, ritualized game known as Celestial Mechanics. Pan’s only hope? A hot-headed outcast they’d rejected for being “un-Pan”: a girl named Aster.

My rating: 4.5 stars



That's was fun!

What can I say? I loved the drawing of this graphic novel.

The year is 2068, and Pan is a postapocaliptic zone near Paris, a few barely surviving scavenging among the radiactived ruins and cultivating some rice. 

Aster is an orphan girl, strange to the knit community so Aster is "Un-Pan", and she is unhappy with it. Her best friend is Wallis, and they go around together, despite looking very different. Aster is outgoing and athletic, and he's quiet, and you see him reading a book (Thoreau - really?)

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martes, 2 de marzo de 2021

Reseña de ARC: The Hunt Is On (Aweto #1) by Nie Jun


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The Hunt Is On (Seekers of the Aweto 1)

by 

Nie Jun


136 pages
Published March 2nd 2021 by Graphic Universe
ISBN13: 9781728420219
Edition Language: English
Series: Seekers of the Aweto #1

Synopsis: Xinyue, his brother Qiliu, and their mother are seekers, hunting aweto--a rare, plantlike treasure--along the legendary Silk Road. After one outing, Xinyue discovers the offspring of a deity that creates aweto--and becomes the little creature's reluctant caretaker. He soon struggles to keep it safe and keep it a secret. And that's before he learns that warriors from the deity's village are on his family's tail...



4.3 colorful stars


Age: 12+
omigosh the colors!
but ends in cliffhanger (I'll read the next one)

En una antigua y fantástica Ruta de la Seda, una pequeña familia de tres (mamá y dos hermanos) son cazadores, perdón, buscadores de 'Aweto' (una planta-cosita que crece sobre deidades de la tierra llamada 'chadolo'). Debo confesar que el 90% del libro estaba profundamente enojada con los protagonistas buscadores porque causan un dolor sin fin con su trabajo, robando a los pueblos de aweto (muy valioso por sus propiedades curativas) y destruyendo su forma de vida en ocasiones.

domingo, 28 de febrero de 2021

Reseña de ARC: Brain Drain, Part 1 by Pierre-Henry Gomont

Reseña en Castellano / Review in English

 

Brain Drain, Part 1 

by Pierre-Henry Gomont

 

82 pages
Published September 2020 by Europe Comics (first published 2020)
Original Title: La fuite de cerveau
ISBN13: 9791032811641
Edition Language: English
 

SINOPSIS: Certain details surrounding the death of Albert Einstein are so outlandish as to sound like urban legend: namely, the theft of his brain by Thomas Stoltz Harvey, the pathologist who performed the eminent physicist’s autopsy. From these historical events, Pierre-Henry Gomont concocts a picaresque road trip of a tale by turns farcical and moving, whimsical and melancholy, sweeping up in its narrative whirlwind the FBI, a sanatorium, neurobiology, hallucinogens, hospital bureaucracy, and romance. In his dissection of friendship and the forging of scientific reputation, the nimble cartoonist serves up a slice of lovingly rendered Americana for the ages.

My rating: 2.5 of 5 stars


Basado en la increible historia verídica del robo del cerebro de Einstein por quien realizó su autopsia, viene esta historia con ese absurdo gálico que conocemos por algunas cintas y otro poco de fantasía. Sin embargo, el personaje principal no consigue ganarse mi simpatía (y menos aun el verdadero doctor en que se inspira: Thomas Stoltz Harvey).

jueves, 18 de febrero de 2021

Reseña de ARC: Haru's Curse by Asuka Konishi

 

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Haru's Curse

 by Asuka Konishi

 Traduccion:  Hannah Airriess
 
360 pages
Published February 16th 2021 by Kodansha Comics (first published 2016)
Original Title: 春の呪い 
ASIN: B08TGW5SDN
Edition Language: English
Series: Haru no Noroi #1-2 
 
 SYNOPSIS: After Natsumi's younger sister and best friend Haru dies at the age of 19, she begins dating Haru's fiancee Togo - on the condition that he take her only to places he had taken her sister. Their relationship deepens as the seasons pass, but Haru's curse lies between them...
Will there be happiness after Haru's curse is broken?



"Haru's Curse" habla sobre el dolor -y la culpa- tras la partida de un ser querido.

El manga comienza con el funeral de Haru, víctima de cáncer. Su hermana mayor, Natsumi, la adoraba y la consideraba su única familia, a pesar de vivir con su padre, su madrastra y un hermano menor.

Haru estaba comprometida con Togo y, aunque se trata de un matrimonio concertado, parece haber sentido algo por el joven, aunque pronto nos damos cuenta de que Togo no. Simplemente sigue el camino que le ha sido determinado según su legado familiar y su madre.

domingo, 14 de febrero de 2021

Reseña de ARC: White All Around by Wilfrid Lupano

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Review in English / Reseña en Castellano


White All Around 

by 

Wilfrid Lupano

SINOPSIS: Canterbury, Connecticut, 1832: a charming female boarding school has found success among the locals, with two dozen girls enrolled. Some in town question the purpose of educating young girls—but surely there’s no harm in trying? At least not until the Prudence Crandall School announces its plans to start accepting black students. Thirty years before the abolition of slavery in the United States, in the so-called “free” North, these students will be met by a wave of hostility that puts the future of the school in question, and their very lives in peril. Even in the land of the free, not all of America’s children are welcome.

 

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Such amazing people and history ; such floundering put story.

The grace of graphic novels is that it is a way of spreading stories in a simple way, sometimes on topics as important as this, so, on that side, it serves its purpose by highlighting the school for black girls created in 1832 in Connecticut. Not to mention that it could be said that it was the first integration of a black student in a school for white girls. But the canvas here falls short to demonstrate the courage and importance of the people who lived it. For the short time that could be.

jueves, 30 de mayo de 2019

Reseña de ARC: American Witch (American Witch #1)

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American Witch (American Witch #1)

by 

Thea Harrison


476 pages
Published April 25th 2019 by Teddy Harrison LLC
ISBN: 1947046179 (ISBN13: 9781947046177)
Edition Language: English
Series: American Witch #1
 
BLURB: Power can change a person…
For months Molly Sullivan endures the inexplicable: electrical surges, car breakdowns, visions. She even wonders if she might be the cause… and wonders if she might be crazy. Then she discovers her husband has cheated on her. Again. Now Molly realizes she is a newly awakening witch and a woman pushed over the edge.
Revenge can shape a person…
Josiah Mason is a Powerful witch and the leader of a secret coven with a shared goal: to destroy an ancient enemy who has ruined many lives. Josiah lost years to this man, and his sole focus is revenge. He’s prepared for every contingency—except encountering a beautiful new witch who understands nothing of the immense Power building within her or the attraction she wields over him.
As the danger escalates, so does the tension between them. Is a lasting relationship possible? Will either of them live long enough to try?
 

My rating: 3.8 stars


Molly's life changes forever when she decides to divorce her unfaithful husband after 20 years of marriage. Somehow she finds a force in her that is unknown, in more than one sense, because she discovers in this way that she is a witch. But not everything is spells and herbs in that world, because there are powerful individuals willing to do everything to obtain more power.

The only one who seems to know what is happening to Molly with a sort of psychokinetic power is Josiah, so she makes a deal with him to help her control her power in a basic way, more than anything to cover herself and not attract the villain of the story, a warlock who steals magic/power from other witches.

Josiah Mason is the ultimate alpha with bad temper and with a grudge againts the villain. Revenge is his goal.

viernes, 12 de octubre de 2018

Reseña: Phoebe and Her Unicorn in Unicor Theater

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Unicorn Theater 

by  

Dana Simpson

152 pages
Expected publication: October 23rd 2018 by Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1449489818 (ISBN13: 9781449489816)
Edition Language: English
Series: Heavenly Nostrils #8
 
 
BLURB: The second Phoebe and Her Unicorn graphic novel!
Summer is here, and Phoebe and Marigold are headed to drama camp. Phoebe's expecting some quality time with her best friend, but in a surprise twist, Marigold has invited her sister, Florence Unfortunate Nostrils! While the unicorn sisters head to camp in a magical rainbow pod, Phoebe is stuck riding with her parents in their boring car, wondering where it all went wrong. But at Camp Thespis, there are more daunting tasks at hand: writing, producing, and acting in an entirely original play! 
My rating: 3.5 scripted stars


Phoebe decide ir a un campamento de verano de drama en vez de uno musical como en otros años. Su mejor amiga Marigold Heavenly Nostrils seguro que estará tan ansiosa como ella de pasarla bien y ayudar a escribir una obra que presentar, pero... para su sorpresa Marigold parece estar más interesada en pasar en vez de eso, tiempo con su hermana Florence Unfortunate Nostrils que ha venido de visita. 

A Phoebe parece serle dificil el compartir tiempo de su amiga con su hermana, o de su otra amiga del campamento , Sue, con su amigo respectivo.


jueves, 11 de octubre de 2018

Reseña: Snoopy: Boogie Down!

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by  

Charles M. Schulz


176 pages
Expected publication: October 16th 2018 by Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN:1449493548 (ISBN13: 9781449493547)
Edition language. English

BLURB: Good grief! The Peanuts gang is back in this new collection of comic strips!
 Is your baseball team getting beat sixty-eight to nothing? Are you caught in the rain without an umbrella? Have you finally worked up the courage to call your crush only to get the wrong number? Don't worry! The Peanuts gang has the cure for your worries. Join Linus as he awaits the Great Pumpkin, Peppermint Patty as she faces off against an entire hockey team, and Snoopy as he attempts to eat the largest sandwich he's ever seen. Sally befriends the new girl at school, Eudora, only to find a rival for the affection of her Sweet Babboo. And Charlie Brown searches for a home for Snoopy's mysterious brother, Spike. So put on your top hat, fancy tie and dancing shoes, and join Snoopy and the rest of the gang in this boogielicious new collection of classic Peanuts comics. 


My rating: 2.5/5

Soy gran fan de Snoopy, [le pusimos hasta un cocker inglés ese nombre], asi que me da mucha pena ponerle esta poca nota a un volumen de antologia de esta tira cómica allá por 1978. La verdad es que en gran parte paso sin fu ni fa.

Los personajes siguen actuando como ellos, y sin embargo, a diferencia del anterior, me dejo decepcionada. Tal vez sea la repetición de escenas del balón de futbol y Lucy, de Snoopy y de la comida. Y de Patty quedándose dormida en clases.  Tal vez sea mejor si uno los tiene en menores dosis.

Reseña: Fraternity (1-2)

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Fraternity 

by 

Juan Díaz Canales

José Luis Munuera


128 pages
Published October 2nd 2018 by Lion Forge
ASIN:1941302513
Edition Language: English
Series: Fraternity #1-2


BLURB: 1863: during the American Civil War, the inhabitants of New Fraternity, Indiana, find themselves far from the front lines of the conflict embroiling the United States but still constantly under threat from it; food is scarce, deserters come to seek asylum, and a mysterious feral beast that walks on two legs prowls the forest around the town. The beast seems to have some connection to Emile, a feral child found a few years earlier who had been taken in by the townsfolk during simpler times. As their fear and paranoia grows, the townsfolk start to hunt the beast and turn on each other, with tragic results that threaten to undo all that they have been working toward.

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

En 1863 se funda una colonia en Estados Unidos con las ideas utopica de igualdad (con una base socialista y atea), en esta historia se muestran los problemas de los habitantes de New Fraternity , sus disputas internas ideologicas y las mundanas como que llevarse a la boca. El fundador original, Robert McCorman ya esta viejo y se convierte en testigo impotente de como los turbulentos tiempos de la Guerra de Secesion no hace más que intensificar las diferencias entre clases sociales y raza.



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 Al desasociego se suma la presencia de un chico salvaje encontrado en el bosque y traido al alero del pueblo, Emile parece enlazado a un extraño ser humanoide que exacerba la superstición y el odio entre los habitantes.

jueves, 16 de agosto de 2018

Reseña: Xena: Penance (comic issues 1 - 5)

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RESEÑA BILINGUE

Xena: Penance 

by  

Meredith Finch

 

 124 pages
Expected publication: October 9th 2018 by Dynamite Entertainment
ISBN: 1524107344 (ISBN13: 9781524107345)
Edition Language English

BLURB: The path to redemption is never easy, and the journey of a warrior princess seeking to wash the blood of innocents from her hands is no exception. Xena travels to Athens, to plead for redemption in the temple of Eleos. But some things can never be forgiven and the shadows of past sins are long. Will Xena find redemption or betrayal waiting for her in the temple of the gods?
The power, the passion, the danger... her courage would change the world. Xena: Warrior Princess.
Collect issues 1-5

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Xena: Warrior Princess era uno de mis personajes favoritos de televisión. Una mujer hermosa y poderosa, capaz de vencer a cualquier en combate, llena de remordimientos, pero capaz de compasión y sin miedo a incursionar en la comedia de acción, como personaje ha cometido muchos errores , pero una y otra vez se pone en pie sin agachar la cabeza. Una maravilla feminista en tiempos anteriores a que se hiciera popular Black Widow.

Este comic es un relanzamiento de la historia, cuando Gabrielle su fiel futura sidekick, sale de su pueblo en busca de aventuras. Una mujer bardo que no quiere solamente casarse sino que escribir poesía épica. En este comic ella es asaltada , y Xena sale al rescate quedando sus destinos enlazados.

lunes, 13 de agosto de 2018

Reseña: A Position in Paris


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RESEÑA BILINGUE


A Position in Paris

by

Megan Reddaway


260 pages
Expected publication: August 20th 2018
Edition Language: English
 A standalone novel of 65,000 words.

BLURB: Paris, 1919. World War One is over, and wounded hero James Clarynton is struggling to face life without one leg, one eye, and the devilish good looks he had before the conflict. Now he must pay for affection, and it leaves him bitter. He’s filling the time by writing a book—but it’s the young man who comes to type it who really intrigues him.
Edmund Vaughan can’t turn down the chance to be secretary to the wealthy James Clarynton. He’s been out of work since the armistice, and his mother and brother depend on him. But he has secrets to hide, and the last thing he wants i
As they work together, their respect for each other grows, along with something deeper. But tragedy threatens, and shadows from the past confront them at every turn. They must open their hearts and trust each other if they are to break down the barriers that separate them.s an employer who keeps asking questions.
 

My rating:  2.8 Paris-no-es-una-fiesta stars

Tras concluir la prImera guerra mundial, James Clarynton es un joven coronel viviendo en Paris , amargado y en estado depresivo por perder una pierna y un ojo, entre dolores y cuasi aislado. Su padre le repudió después de declararse amante de los hombres, y en su situación actual debe recurrir a pagar favores sexuales,  Aunque mal mirado y no hablado esto no es ilegal en Francia, a diferencia de Inglaterra. Un amigo para distraerle le sugiere que escriba un libro, asi que busca un secretario llegando a contratar a un inglés, un sujeto al parecer de buena clase o tal vez un burgues, que busca trabajo en medio de la escasez del mismo cuando todos han regresado a Paris. 

Edmund Vaughan por su parte tiene sus propios secretos, relacionados con su familia , pero debe mantener a su madre y hermano pequeño , asi que trabaja con este hombre y le va planteando varias cosas que habia reprimido en su vida.

sábado, 11 de agosto de 2018

Reseña: In the Spotlight

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RESEÑA BILINGUE


In the Spotlight 

by 

Shona Husk



192 pages
Published October 2016 by Escape Publishing
ISBN: 1489221050 (ISBN13: 9781489221056)
Edition Language: English
Autoconclusivo; aunque relacionado con algunos personajes de la serie de Shona Husk : Face the Music. 

Sinopsis: A diva who lives for the spotlight, a sailor deeply in the closet, a love that will change them both. Ripley Malone is returning to Perth in triumph. A principal ballet dancer in a production that has critics raving. But behind the makeup and the glitter and the costumes, Ripley is beginning to tire, tire of the competition, the drive, the endless parade of meaningless lovers.
For Pierce Lovell, joining the Navy was a way out of rural Victoria, but becoming a submariner comes with its own set of challenges. The close living quarters and long months away are awkward enough without adding any extra tension around his sexuality. He gets by on anonymous one-night-stands every time they come to shore and keeps his heart well-shielded. But one night with Ripley opens the tantalising possibility of more.
Through a mistake Ripley is injured. Pierce knows their affair can’t possibly end in anything but heartache, but he can’t stay away. As Ripley heals and reassesses his life, he is determined not to make the same mistakes again. That means letting someone see the vulnerable side of him. But vulnerability for Pierce could cost him everything

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


 Ripley es una bailarin de ballet contemporánea de 26 años que está pasando por su momento de éxito, su trabajo lo es todo para él, aunque aprecia poder pasar tiempo con su familia mientras el espectáculo pasa por su ciudad natal. Pierce es un marinero de 23 años que todavía está 'en el armario', temeroso de cómo esto cambiaría el tratamiento de sus compañeros en el submarino. Sus personalidades y carreras no pueden ser más opuestas, pero un encuentro fortuito les hace repensar sus relaciones y tal vez aprovechar para hacer otros cambios en sus vidas.


domingo, 3 de junio de 2018

Reseña: City of Shards (Spellgiver book 1)

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City of Shards (Spellgiver Book 1)

by

Steve Rodgers

336 pages
Published March 30th 2018
ASIN: B0795YV7FJ
Edition Language: English


BLURB: In the Wormpile district, gangs rule the streets, unwashed urchins assail each other with minor magic, and the people boil under the sway of a monstrous god. Deep within those decaying alleyways, the boy Larin shouts his tourette-like outbursts at random, explosions that have turned him into a pariah throughout the neighborhood. And while he’s protected from the gangs by his drug-addicted uncle Akul—a warrior with a mysterious past and the emotional range of granite—none of that will restore his social life.

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“Fate and free will are no enemies. They are two halves of the same circle.”
“And if I choose to resist fate?”
“You will choose, of your own free will, to follow your fate. Man’s free will becomes his destiny.”

¿Qué sucede cuando eres el elegido, el que pretende traer el fin del mundo?

Larin es un huérfano que vive con su tío, un viejo guerrero derribado, en una ciudad poblada por bandas de ladrones y matones, y desde que era pequeño ha sido señalado y ridiculizado por sus arrebatos involuntarios durante los cuales grita una frase incomprensible. para la gran mayoría Para él esto es una maldición, pero para aquellos que lo entienden es una advocación o más bien una promesa al Señor de los demonios -Haraf- que fue expulsado de esas tierras y que anhela volver utilizando a su sirviente designado: Larin.


Esta es una fantasía épica sólida, similar a otros en el género. Tuve algunos problemas para entrar en el tema entre tanto Dios y el cambio de nombre, pero mi concentración no ha sido la mejor en estos días.


El poder de la magia proviene de la Luna y los locales lo llaman Spellgiver.


Interesante y diferente es la falta de elfos, enanos, orcos y similares de otros libros de fantasía épicos tipo tolkien, así que tenemos aquí, en cambio, otra especie nativa: una con seis apéndices, garras y vainas como ojos y que indican su forma de sentir segun el color, que los humanos magos (impactantes, lo sé). Los Lidathi, o los Creados , a quienes les fue dado el entendimiento por su dios, pasando de ser animales a constructores y productores.