As a novel, the Hunger Games was fairly compelling. It didn’t take me long to read it and I knew a few people who would also enjoy it. What hooked me was one part the (heavily veiled) history of Panem, another part was the games themselves and how they fit into this ‘new’ vision of …
Category Archive: Reviews
I see lots of movies at the cinema, own thousands more and play a few games. These are my thoughts on them.
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Mar 24
In Defence of Mass Effect 3
I’ve been with Mass Effect since the begging. For all its gameplay and technical foibles over the three games, the one thing that forgave all the shortcomings was the story. I remember looking at every scrap of information that crossed my screen in the original; going so far as to read up on codex entries …
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Mar 13
John Carter Review
Having not read any Edgar Rice Burroughs novels (yet), I went into my John Carter screening having seen only one trailer and having also read about how some fans did a trailer remix because they were unhappy with Disney’s edit. I didn’t watch this re-edited trailer, but I got the idea that the movie was …
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Mar 05
Welcome to Novelgrind
Novelgrind is here both as a resource for writers new to the craft, and as a personal journal about the challenges I face as I develop a five-book novel series targeted at young adults aged anywhere between 12 and 18 (depending on their reading level). Articles will include updates on my progress (or lack thereof), subjective …
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