![]() ![]() Young squeezes a lot of story into a very short book, including a denouement that includes its own mini-plot, using up space that could have gone to developing the main story. The issue with tension/stakes is more a pacing problem than anything else. When Hamal finally does have to make a sacrifice, it is immediately undone because the main antagonistic force of the comic is, in her own words, “a sucker for cheesy romance novels.” But a novel can have a happy ending and still make its characters work to get there. Whenever a conflict enters the plot, it is resolved almost immediately without any tension, problem-solving, or sacrifice from the main characters. Personally, I wished that Taproot had higher stakes. And why not? If Taproot was going for fluff, it achieved exactly what it set out to do, and I highly recommend it. Taproot is a cotton candy sweet story - 100% fluff. ![]() Through the story, we learn why, and the price of fixing it - and of course, Hamal and Blue get a happily ever after. ![]() One day a creepy forest on another plane of existence begins to interrupt all the ghosts in town, summoning them there seemingly at random, then plopping them back on earth. Blue pines for Hamal, but doesn’t know how to express it - and doesn’t think there’s any point, anyway, since he’s dead. Taproot is a lighthearted comic about Hamal, a gardener who can see ghosts, and his friend Blue, one of several ghost hangers-on at the nursery where he works. Trigger warnings: car accident (not depicted in scene), vaguely spooky - they are ghosts, after all ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Films FilmĪmos Vernon, Nunzio Randazzo & Genndy Tartakovsky Most of the characters are based on or are parodies of the Universal Movie Monsters.Ĭomedy writer Todd Durham came up with the concept of Hotel Transylvania and brought it to Sony Pictures Animation. The series focused on the adventures surrounding monsters who reside in the titular Hotel Transylvania, a plaza hotel where monsters can relax and get away from humans due to fear of persecution. A fourth and final installment titled Hotel Transylvania: Transformania was released on Amazon Prime Video on Januwhich also received mixed reviews from critics as well. The films have received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $1.3 billion worldwide against a combined production budget of $245 million. The first film, Hotel Transylvania, was released in September 2012, with two sequels, Hotel Transylvania 2 and Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, were released in September 2015 and July 2018, respectively. The series features an ensemble cast, usually led by the voices of Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Andy Samberg, Kevin James, Steve Buscemi, Keegan-Michael Key, David Spade, Fran Drescher and Molly Shannon among others. ![]() It consists of four feature films, three short films, a flash-animated TV series, and several video games. Hotel Transylvania is an American animated media franchise created by comedy writer Todd Durham and produced by Sony Pictures Animation. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her adult series include Servants of Fate and Reliquary. ![]() ![]() She will live or die by what she discovers.Ībout the author: Sarah Fine is the author of Beneath the Shine and several popular YA series, including Of Metal and Wishes, The Impostor Queen, and Guards of the Shadowlands. With her very sanity in question, Cora is forced to face her greatest fear. As Cora’s dark past swirls chaotically with the versions of Hannah’s life and death that her family and friends want to believe, Cora discovers the disturbing depths of what some people may do-including herself. When a downward spiral of self-destruction forces Cora to work with an AI counselor, she finds an unexpected ally, even as others around her grow increasingly convinced that Hannah’s death was no accident. But when she awakens after that night, her memories gone, Cora is left with only questions-and dread of what the answers might mean. No memories. Cora should remember every detail about the night her stepsister, Hannah, fell down a flight of stairs to her death, especially since her Cerepin-a sophisticated brain-computer interface-may have recorded each horrifying moment. Uncanny by Sarah Fine was published on October 3rd, 2017 by Skyscape and is a young adult science fiction novel. ![]() |