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I've been a comics fan since learning to read, starting with titles like Asterix, Tintin, and The Beano, graduating to 2000AD and Marvel/DC stuff in my teens, and "graphic novels" (ie. non-superhero comics) after finishing high school.
I buy and review weekly comics, as well as graphic novels/trade paperbacks of every stripe, whenever and wherever I can. I do accept review requests but only from publishers/writers/artists I'm familiar with - that means no self-publishers, please! If you want to get in touch, my Twitter is @NoelThorne.
I do receive a lot of review copies but I don't mention this in my reviews, mostly because I forget to, but also because I'm ALWAYS honest in my reviews of books - sometimes to the publisher/author's anger! All of my opinions are 100% my own and are not influenced by anyone, anywhere. Ask me to review your book at your peril!
I read and review as a hobby and I enjoy doing both - hopefully you'll enjoy reading what I write too. If you want to holla at me in the comments over whatever, go for it. Unless you're a spambot, you won't get deleted.
Hey buddy, I came here all the way from Amazon, to tell you that your review spoilered a whole comic. You know, when you write a review, it'd be nice, if you would mark spoilers, like many other reasonable, reviewers are doing.
ReplyDeleteIt's a really shitty thing to do.
Which review?
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ReplyDeleteYour mom explodes
ReplyDeleteGosh, there are some really harsh people out there. Thank you for being willing to review books and for being an avid reader. I know what you mean about Asterix comics. I read every one of them and loved living in that quirky imaginary world.
ReplyDeleteYour reviews are very rude, non-objective and ignorant. You give geeks a bad name.
ReplyDeleteYour reviews are never objective, overtly critical, disrespectful and, for the lack of a better word, ignorant.
ReplyDeleteYour reviews are never objective, overtly critical, disrespectful and, for the lack of a better word, ignorant.
ReplyDelete"Your reviews are never objective, overtly critical, disrespectful and, for the lack of a better word, ignorant."
ReplyDeletePeople are entitled to their opinions, but he's also shown that he lacks basic reading comprehension skills. Lord knows how many "reviews" of his I've seen where he clearly has no idea what he's even talking about. Of course, because he somehow managed to become one of the top comic "reviewers" on Goodreads, his reviews are almost always on top thanks to his sycophantic followers liking anything he posts.
He's an example from Avengers A.I.
"It’s weird how a unique group like Avengers AI show up and out of nowhere a threat appears that they would be ideal to fight! Yeah it’s pretty contrived to say the least, but in that way that all superhero stories are - a villain conveniently rocks up to battle the newly-arrived hero."
The team was put together AFTER the threat emerged, ya idjit. A lot of his reviews show similar lack of understanding. No wonder he hardly seems to enjoy anything he reads. Probably doesn't understand many words with more than two syllables.
Love Sam’s reviews!
ReplyDeleteMan, this comment section is acidic.
ReplyDeleteI like the author's reviews.
They're sharp, terse and without prejudice.
Modern comics need an ass whooping. Definitely a recommend.
Your reviews give me a new view on some stories I like and some stories I didn't like that much, do you have a link of a list of comics that you consider 5/5?
ReplyDeleteYou could try my Goodreads stats page: https://www.goodreads.com/review/stats/5759543-sam-quixote
DeleteClick on the year and it shows the breakdown of ratings - you should be able to see the five star ratings easily.
Is there a lore reason why you wrote the above with spacing?
DeleteAre you r*tarded?
Hey Noel!
ReplyDeleteCan I email you a request I have?
You can reach me at SantaClausOrigins@gmail.com,
thank you!!
Yazzi
Comoletely agree with what everyone else has said-your reviews are superfluous and lacking of any substance or deeper analysis. Just the typical limey, redditor, contrarian wannabe pseudo intellectual. Castrate and kill yourself f@990t.
ReplyDeleteThere's a part of me wishes I had this level of engagement on my shitty blog, but then again, there's a part of me that is happy to die in obscurity. Keep on keeping on matey.
ReplyDeleteHopefully both you and this r***tard can die in obscurity.
DeleteI follow your reviews on Goodreads! Your reviews are excellent. Clearly the comment section agrees since all the right people are getting angwy.
ReplyDeleteSarah, no one cares what a smelly, ugly, stupid wench like you thinks. If anything the fact idiots like you praise this clown is further proof of his idiocy and incompetency.
DeleteIn response to a 1-star review of A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind. I tried to comment on Goodreads directly, but the comments had been disabled at some point after the review was published.
ReplyDelete"A key factor of this book (and Buddhism in general) is the present experience and not judgement of that experience. I genuinely wonder if you'd feel the same if you performed the actions of the book, in the moments you performed them.
The author isn't trying to be clever; he's trying to be genuinely informative and helpful. The way a Zen monk would undertake a simple everyday action might be very different to how a 'normal' person might do it - for me, the biggest difference seems to be the connection between our minds and the actions. I think many people can learn from this. I'm sorry you didn't."
Hello just chiming in once again to let you know that I completely agree with what everyone else has said-your reviews are superfluous and lacking of any substance or deeper analysis. Just the typical limey, redditor, contrarian wannabe pseudo intellectual. The fact you are one of the most followed Comic book reviewers on Goodreads is further proof what a worthless sh*t hole site it is. Do us a favour and sterilize yourself so that you no longer infect the gene pool, you stupid 🅻🅸🅼🅴🆈 🅰🅽🅶🅻🅾🅸🅳 🆂🅽🅾🆆 🅽🅸🅶🅶🅴🆁 🅼🅾🅽🅺🅴🆈
ReplyDeleteIs there a lore reason why he's one of the most followed Comic book reviewers on Goodreads even though he doesn't like anything and can't review anything? Is Goodreads stpid?
DeleteThat's just what he's dedicated his free time and hobby to-doing shitty comic book reviews on GoodReads while offering little substance or depth. It's the definition of quantity over quality. Keep spamming your crap until you earn a following.
DeleteBasically his entire ethos can be summed up as:
Japanese Manga=Good
Comic Books Written By Limeys=Good
Any other America super hero comic book=Bad
His bias is so obvious that it's hilarious. His reviews are the most surface level, dullard, pretentious drivel that offer nothing of value outside of maintaining on some shallow image of pseudo intellectual contrarian, like 90% of limey fedora neckbeards on the internet.
Britbongs really are the proto redditors. They should have nuked that island years ago.
Is there a lore reason why this guys wastes his money on comics he doesn't like? Is he stupd?
ReplyDeleteOh btw, whatever your worthless, enlightened centrist, pseudo intellectual reddit dumbass might say otherwise, Hitler was 100000X worse than Stalin and he and Nazi Germanzy deserved to get their fascist asses violated by the Soviets. As brutal of a dictator Stalin was, he didn't follow an entire ideology based around wanting to enslave and genocide my people the way Hitler and the Nazis did.
ReplyDeleteYou can keep spamming this idiotic belief of "both sidism" in your shitty reviews but it won't make it true ;)