Reviews - May 2012
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Manga: Claymore
Set in a medieval, futuristic world, Claymore starts off as your typical science-fiction dystopia. The current state of the world is a mess. Life is falling apart, as the island in which the manga takes place is becoming more and more overridden by Yoma, demonic shapeshifters that feed on humans. Extremely powerful and capable of taking on a humanoid form, Yoma are incredibly hard to spot and even more difficult to kill.
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Book: Blood Red Road
Blood Red Road is not so much dystopian as it is an epic adventure, to be honest. Sure, it’s allegedly set sometime in the future where most of the earth has been turned barren and people have reverted to a medieval-like means of living—no more cars, technology, and stuff like that—but I think the whole backwards era thing only added to the epic adventure feel.
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Movie: Mirror, Mirror
IIn any case, if you’re just looking for a fun experience in which you can watch a movie without thinking much and maybe laugh a little (and swoon over the prince’s handsome face), you can watch Mirror, Mirror, but you definitely shouldn’t come with too many expectations.
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Book: Fire
Fire tells the story of a protagonist by the name of Fire (named aptly for her fiery red hair). The thing about Fire is that she's extremely beautiful, and if her beauty wasn't enough to get guys throwing themselves at her feet, she could probably have them do that by controlling their minds. This mind-controlling skill and drop-dead gorgeous is practically what makes Fire dangerous, for unlike the rest of her Dellian countrymen and women, she is the last of her kind, a half-monster born from a human mother and a maniacal monster father, Cansrel.
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TV: Game of Thrones
In the first season the producers presented us to the mythical land of Westeros and its famous Iron Throne, from where the king rules the seven kingdoms. It built up quite fast, as simply ten hours isn’t enough to grasp everything one of the books has, but it was done quite skillfully and depicted the conflict among the kingdoms very well. From the Stark family in the North to the Lannister family in the South, we got to see a handful of twists, betrayals, murders, corruption, action sets, and pure drama among all characters, different blood or their own.
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Movie: The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games movie will kick you in the gut. You’ll be crying in the theater – but that’s ok, because so will everyone else. Focused on Katniss Everdeen, the teenage underdog from District 12 who is forced to fight for her life in the brutal Games, this movie is both wildly exhilarating and more than a little draining to watch.
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