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March 2026 Reviews

An index of all the reviews I wrote in March 2026.

Books

Independent Bohemia, An Account of the Czecho-Slovak Struggle for Liberty by Vladimir Nosek (1918) - 2/5 - "a bit of a pity"

I Am No One You Know (2004) by Joyce Carol Oates - 4.5/5 - "displaying Oates' complete mastery"

Maigret and the Ghost (1964) by Georges Simenon - 4/5 - "why we love Maigret"

Six Four (2012) by Hideo Yokoyama - 4/5 - "sticks with you"

Film

Demo_n (2024) - 2.5/5 - "not much to it"

Tenants (2024) - 2.5/5 - "by the numbers"

Alone Together (2023) - 3.5.5 - "thought that I might find it boring, but I didn't"

Black Mountain Side (2014) - 4.5/5 - "beautiful wilderness containing a monster...propulsive"

Succubus (The Demoness) (2024) - 1.5/5 - "Poor translation and a lack of faith in its own premise"

Computer Chess (2013) - 4.5/5 - "I definitely love this"

Call of the Void (2025) - 4/5 - "excellent piece of wilderness/folkloric horror"

Beneath the Trees (2019) - 2/5 - "completely missable"

Liminal Girl (2024) - 1/5 - "can't do anything with that"

Lanier (2022) - 2/5 - "didn't hate it like most"

Video Games

Barotrauma (2013) - 3.5/5 - "the sloppiest of friends"

The Blackwell Bundle (2012) - 5/5 - "long live dead joey mallone"

Alien Shooter Vengeance (2006) - 3.5/5 - "welcome to urf"

Unreal II: The Awakening (2003) - 3.5/5 - "a certain amount of a life"

Submerged (2015) - 3.5/5 - "the ivories"

Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island (2018) - 3.5/5 - "slightly charming"

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (2005) - 3.5/5 - "being seen when nobody can see you can be a horror"

Music

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Exile on Coldharbour Lane by A3 (1997) - 5/5 - "Explosive"

Honkai Star Rail: Experience the Paths by Hoyo-MIX (2023) - 4/5 - "produced with skill and focus"

Your Hit Parade: 1948 by Various Artists (1948) - 3.5/5 - "a good sense for the white popular music of the time"

Music to Sell Cars By by Dexter Britain (2012) - 3/5 - "sprightly and even surprising"

Reincarnation of a Love Bird by Charles Mingus (1963) - 5/5 - "swept away"

Hacking to the Gate (80s synthwave remix) by Astrophysics (2019) - 2/5 - "can't shake the feeling"

Superman by Tom MacDonald (2023) - 2/5 - "the boom drop just sucks"

Suburban Light by The Clientele (2000) - 4/5 - "grows on me"

Another You by Elle King (2020) - 4/5 - "showcases her more than simply backdrops her"

My American Songbook vol. 1 by Nelson Rangell (2005) - 4/5 - "masterful, once the sax arrives"

Today Was A Good Day by Lucy Spraggan (2019) - 4/5 - "winning, relatable, candid..."

Death of a Party Girl by TV Girl (2018) - 3.5/5 - "trinity of hatred, loneliness and grief"

Pulse (EP) by Megan McDuffee (2020) - 2.5/5 - "not ideal"

The Yellow Wallpaper: Original Soundtrack by Megan McDuffee (2018) - 2/5 - "nothing like sustained violin playing"

Lily Topples the World (Original Score) by Carly Comando (2022) - 5/5 - "one of my favorite scores"

Sam's Town by The Killers (2006) - 3.5/5 - "for my sins"

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