On the Horun continent of Nebu, the slave named Sem had given up on life. The most notable thing that identified him as Horun had been taken away: his wings. However, when another slave named Raleema blames him for a tragedy that happens in the mine, he is forced into waging a war against Pharaoh […]
Author: matthewjcroutch
Thoughts from a Disabled Writer A twisted review #8
Dear Reader, The Disney movie Peter Pan was one of the few movies I watched regularly as a young child. It also helped that there was a fantastic documentary, Making of Peter Pan, on the VHS. Half of the time I watched that tape for the documentary alone. The book Straight on Til […]
Thoughts from a Disabled Writer A twisted review #7
Dear Reader, I was avoiding the movie, Frozen, for years because I had no interest in watching it. I only watched it recently to do a review of Conceal, Don’t Feel by Jen Calonita and I have to say I like this book better than the movie it is based on. In fact, […]
Thoughts from a Disabled Writer A twisted review #6
Dear Reader, When it comes to Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, I respect it for being the first feature film for the studio. I have seen it enough that I will probably not watch it again, until I have kids of my own. The book Mirror, Mirror by Jen Calonita asks […]
Thoughts from a Disabled Writer A twisted review #5
Dear Reader, When it comes to Disney’s The Little Mermaid, it is one of my top ten Disney films and probably the only film that has a good, straight to video, sequel. In the Twisted Tales universe Liz Braswell asks the question what if Ariel had never defeated Ursula? In the book Part […]
Thoughts from a Disabled Writer A twisted review #4
Dear Reader, The animated Disney movie Mulan was an interesting film. I enjoyed it but I thought the villain of that movie was one-dimensional. The book Reflection is a twisted tail version of this movie. Unlike the last three novels this is written by Elizabeth Lim. In this novel Mulan has to travel […]
Thoughts from a Disabled Writer A twisted review #3
Dear Reader, 1991’s Beauty and the Beast is my favourite Disney movie, and it is the reason I got into the series A Twisted Tale. The book As Old As Time is a darker retelling of Beauty and the Beast. The premise of this book is what if Belle’s mother was the enchantress […]
Thoughts from a Disabled Writer A twisted review #2
Dear Reader, The animated Sleeping Beauty movie by Walt Disney has always been a movie I never had a strong opinion of either way. After reading the book Once Upon a Dream by Liz Braswell I have more of an appreciation for the movie. This book takes place entirely while Sleeping Beauty is […]
Thoughts from a Disabled Writer A twisted review #1
Dear Reader, Lately I have been reading a great book series called A Twisted Tale. This series takes Disney animated movies and makes them darker. The first book in the series is called A Whole New World, this is based on the movie Aladin and uses the title of the main song from […]
Thoughts from a Disabled Writer #7
Dear Reader, If you were watching TV in the early 2000s then chances are you knew of the show CSI and its countless spin-offs. This year we had CSI: Vegas, a continuation of the original CSI with a couple of returning characters. In this blog post, I will review the story of CSI: […]