Tag Archives: reviews

The Wheel of Time (an Amazon Prime Video production)

Posted on December 26, 2021 by Hatboy

This blog post is proudly brought to you by the Black JeopardyTM category “FID’NA”. As in, I’m fid’na bitch-slap the next mealy-mouthed gatekeeping little cunt who says the words “true fan” or “emotional investment in the books” halfway into the … Continue reading →

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Oathbringer

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Hatboy

Day 113. 129 pages, 58,244 words. Actually took a bit of a dip today because yesterday I deleted a bunch of stuff that it’s become obvious isn’t going to make it in, and moved a bunch of other stuff that … Continue reading →

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Orange Is The New Black: Season 6

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Hatboy

Day 11. 112 pages, 50,767 words. This is apparently a fairly regular thing now, when Mrs. Hatboy and the kids go away for their traditional wool-dyeing weekend. A new season of Orange Is The New Black hits Netflix and I watch … Continue reading →

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Game of Thrones VII

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Hatboy

Spoilers ahead. Although whether they’re just TV show spoilers, or actual book spoilers as well, I guess remains to be seen. To be honest I don’t have much to say and I don’t have much time to say it in, … Continue reading →

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Interlude: The Expanse

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Hatboy

After yesterday’s confused jumble of a review, I figured I might as well continue in the same vein today. Before we watched Penny Dreadful, Mrs. Hatboy and I watched Wynonna Earp, which was actually a lot of fun and I’m … Continue reading →

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Interlude: Penny Dreadful

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Hatboy

For the past couple of weeks, Mrs. Hatboy and I have been watching the gritty reboot of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, also known as Penny Dreadful. It’s … hard to quantify. On the one very easy hand, it is immensely … Continue reading →

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X-Men Apocalypse: A Review

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Hatboy

Day 48. 161 pages, 58,131 words. I’d been waiting for a while to see this movie, having missed it at the cinemas due to lack of time and (it has to be said) interest. When a domestic-violence-related social justice outburst[1] … Continue reading →

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The Nice Guys: A Review

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Hatboy

Day 44. 161 pages, 58,131 words. It just occurred to me that I have no standardised and consistent title format for movie and book reviews. This seemed to be a more or less commonly-used format so I’ll stick with it. … Continue reading →

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Sea of Revenants

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Hatboy

Day 34. 161 pages, 58,131 words. I recently finished reading Lucas Thorn’s latest offering on my kindle: Sea of Revenants[1], the sixth book in the Nysta series. [1] This link should take you to the author’s blog post with some … Continue reading →

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Suicide Squad: A spoiler-free review

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Hatboy

Day 23. 202 pages, 94,541 words. No change today, slept right up until work-time instead. So, I’m going to talk briefly about Suicide Squad, but I don’t want to put in too many spoilers because I haven’t got time to … Continue reading →

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