A review by Nalini Haynes Stiletto is the sequel to The Rook, a first-class debut novel in the fantasy genre starring Myfanwy Thomas, a woman …
Fantasy
Game of Thrones s04e05: First of His Name
A commentary with spoilers by Nalini Haynes and puns by Edward Haynes Watching the intro sequence fills me with need to see someone’s real-life clockwork …
Game of Thrones s04e04: Oathkeeper
A commentary with spoilers by Nalini Haynes; this one is sadly lacking in puns Grey Worm is learning to read. He says he doesn’t want …
Game of Thrones s04e03: Breaker of Chains
A commentary with spoilers by Nalini Haynes Sansa (Sophie Turner) flees with Dontos (Tony Way) who is betrayed by Littlefinger (Aiden Gillen). Because he’s such …
Game of Thrones s04e02: The Lion and The Rose
A commentary with spoilers by Nalini Haynes Another wedding. George R R Martin has become predictable: it’s a wedding? SOMEONE MUST DIE. Who will it …
Sleepy Hollow s01e06: The Sin Eater
A commentary with spoilers by Nalini Haynes This week, just for a change, starts with Abbie (Nicole Beharie) and Crane (Tom Mison) attend a baseball …
Game of Thrones s04e01: Two Swords
A review by Nalini Haynes The recap is epic, jumbling up the previous 3 seasons. IT’S NOT IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. Trigger warning for all OCDs. …
Civil War II by Bendis, Cheung, Dell & Ponsor (FCBD 2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes Civil War II is a ‘flimsy’, a slender paperback volume containing a teaser for one story starting in the Triskelion …
Sleepy Hollow s01e05: John Doe
A commentary with spoilers by Nalini Haynes Warning: may contain traces of snark A boy (Matt Lintz) dressed in antique clothing plays with a girl …
Cleverman s01e03: A Free Ranger
A review by Nalini Haynes Rather than delving into the detail of ‘A Free Ranger’, today I’ll talk about 3 items arising from the episode: …
Cleverman s01e02: Containment
A review by Nalini Haynes The Containment Authority processes — and abuses — the captive Hairies while Cleverman explores his new abilities. And his brother …
Gods of Egypt (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes Nikolaj Coster-Waldau narrates the opening in a slightly queer voice. It’s delicious. I hope the rest of the movie proves …
Game of Thrones s03e10: Mhysa
A commentary with spoilers by Nalini Haynes Kings landing receives news of the Red Wedding. Joffrey looks set to top Aegon as the maddest king. …
Cleverman s01e01: First Contact
A review by Nalini Haynes In a parallel universe set in contemporary Australia, a group of Moari and Indigenous Australians have too much hair — …
Sleepy Hollow s01e04: The Lesser key of Solomon
A commentary with spoilers by Nalini Haynes It’s the Boston Tea Party! How did the GOP party think their subversion of the name was at …