The Fifth Wave: Embodying Narrative in YA LitPOSTED ON FEBRUARY 2, 2014Fifth waveIt’s all about aliens. Aliens are the new vampires. Aliens are the new zombie. Aliens are the new black. So much hype about alien books. My thoughts about aliens, sort of like my thoughts about vampires and zombies –...
sorry this wont be much of a review for nonreaders and more of a critique if you will.anyway the second installment was a very enjoyable read. I greatly enjoyed the backstories reveals and the emence crusing. I mist admit I giggled at all the f^bombs. My only qualm though was there wasn't nearly...
The Monstrumologist was a very engaging book.It covers the journey of a prestigious doctor of dark matters, monsters, and his boy assistant as they try to solve the mystery of horrible beasts showing up in New Jerusalem. It had many unexpected twists throughout the book that really kept me wonder...
The Monstrumologist Genre: paranormal, historical-fiction, horrorNew England during the late 19 century is where the story takes place. Will Henry is an orphaned boy who is an apprentice to Dr.Warthop, who is very cold and doesn't show his emotions. Together they study about the Apthropophy, whic...
Be forewarned: This is a super-gory book and Yancey does NOT stint on detailed descriptions of disgusting stuff. Not at all my kind of thing, but SO well-written. The setting, New England in 1988, is superbly creepy and atmospheric. The odd pairing of obsessed monster-hunting doctor and his 12 ...
Gothic horror at its purest, The Monstrumologist captivated and often horrified me. When an old grave robber discovers a dead monster with a half eaten girl, it marks the beginning of some truly nasty deaths in and around the town of New Jerusalem. Warthrop, the monstrumologist, and his twelve-ye...
My sister said this had more depth than the Hunger Games. I believe it is about equal and am looking forward to the 2nd book. I would have gotten it today but I didn't have the correct library card. I cannot believe how diabolical the enemy turns out to be; having the kids kill the remaining h...
Great continuation of the story. It drags some in the 2nd quarter, but makes up for it with a wham-bam finale that blew my socks off. Only criticism is that if there are a boy and a girl in the same room together for more than a minute, Yancey feels the need to pair them up. It IS possible for gi...
The Monstrumologist series is supposed to be Young Adult Lit, I believe, but I just can't categorize it that way. I think you need to be older to read these gruesome scenes. That said, I really enjoy this series. As in book 1, the settings, the characters, everything comes alive through Yancey's...
MIGHT CONTAIN SOME SPOILERSAfter reading The Monstrumologist and The Curse of the Wendigo, I was expecting an equally epic and captivating story, however, I found myself being thoroughly disappointed. While the book certainly has its familiar gory and dark details, it's also composed of long bori...
The writing was much better than the first two books, the author's style seems to become more beautiful as the series develops. I liked the existential feel of this book, and the way the narrator shifted outside of just Will Henry at points. I don't think I am emotionally ready for the fourth boo...
Dark and labyrinthine, and a satisfying conclusion to the Monstrumologist Quartet. The conceit is that Rick Yancey has collected and published/edited the journals of Will Henry, detailing Will Henry's life from the time he was first adopted at a young age by Dr. Warthrop, a harsh and passionate h...
The Highly Effective Detective is touted on the back cover as being something like Donald Westlake, and I can see the basis for the comparison. Humor is definitely part of the story--as is the incompetence of the protagonist. Teddy Ruzak is the Highly Effective Detective--except that when the s...
Here's the thing with this book: If you cannot suspend your disbelief, then do not attempt to read this book. If you can, and you want to have lots of fun, enjoy a book full of adventure, with a deeper message, and you enjoy action/adventure, then dive in!This was a fun book. It had a bit of a s...
Subtitled "One Man's Tour of Duty Inside the IRS". Richard Yancey, not the name he worked under, served as a Revenue Officer for approximately thirteen years, some of it in North Florida. As a long time IRS employee myself (19 years, 10 months), although not in Collections, I was interested to ...
Thousands of years ago, King Solomon used a powerful ring, known as the Great Seal, to imprison the fallen angels of heaven in a sacred vessel. Now both the ring and the vessel have been stolen from OIPEP by a double-crossing Mike Arnold. Should Mike choose to wield the demons' power, all hell co...
moments since the Others came, but this one has gotta be the huh-est of them all. After the first go-around, I figure I must be missing something, so I ask Ringer to explain herself again, slower this time, with a little more detail and a lot more evidence. &nb...
She rushed to Warthrop, threw her arms around him, and pressed her face into his chest. Warthrop murmured her name. He stroked her auburn hair. Von Helrung turned his head and coughed politely, ending the moment. The two withdrew quickly from each other’s arms. “Have they found him yet?” she aske...
Nueve said. “But ultimately fruitless. Drop your weapon. You know I will not hesitate to kill her.” I did know that. And I also knew this was my last chance to escape. If I gave up now, I would spend the rest of my life at Camp Lobotomy, a locked-up lab rat at the mercy of this slick Spanish madm...
I could count every rib in his bony chest, and with his wet hair and haggard features he reminded me, for some reason, of one of Macbeth’s witches. Fair is foul and foul is fair!“Did you make tea?” he asked.“No.”I stepped around to his dresser in search of some clean underwear.“Really? I thought ...