Formerly Fingerman - Joe Nelms [Review]

Title: Formerly Fingerman

Author: Joe Nelms

Genre: Fiction, Comedy

Publisher: Gallery Books

Publishing date: January 11^th 2015  

Pages: 288   

Rating

★★★☆☆

Hello, today I’m reviewing Formerly Fingerman by Joe Nelms.

This book tells us the story of Brad Fingerman, who was an art director in the glamorous world of New York advertising. He had the respect of his peers, a beautiful wife, and a bright future. That is, his future was bright before he spectacularly nuked his career, discovered his wife's infidelity, and witnessed a high-profile Mafia hit in a Midtown elevator. Now Brad's unemployed, divorced, and the government's key witness in a major murder trial.

This is a short and light read, to be honest the premise didn’t caught my attention that much but I wanted to unhaul it so I decided to give it a try, what if I liked it?

This book has a light story with a comical tone to it, or at least it pretends to be comical. Regarding to humor, I’m really hard to please, what most people might find funny I don’t… still this seemed funny sometimes, not enough to make laugh but maybe I smiled or something while reading it.

xxxHolic [Review]

Title: xxxHolic [xxxホリック]

Author: CLAMP

Genre: Sobrenatural, comedy, drama.

Original run: July,2003 – Frebruary 2011

Volumes: 19

English edition:

Price: 10.15 dlls

Publisher: Del Rey Manga

Translator: Anthony Gerard
Buy vol 1: Amazon

Rating:

★★★★★

xxxHolic is one of the most iconic mangas of CLAMP because it’s the link between all their stories.

CLAMP

            In case you don’t know them, CLAMP is a group of four mangakas, Tsubaki Nekoi, Satsuki Igarashi, Mokona Apapa, and Nanase Ohkawa. They’ve created some works with worldwide popularity including Card Captor Sakura, Magic Knight Rayearth, X 1999, and Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, just to name a few. Their stories are known for their intriguing and complex plots.

            xxxHolic is my favorite manga created by CLAMP, before saying the reason I will tell you what the story is about.

      

Yuuko Ichihara.

      xxxHolic tells us the story of Kimihiro Watanuki, a high school student that has the ability to see supernatural stuff, something that has made him miserable. One day, while escaping from a youkai (Japanese demon) he finds a store where he meets a mysterious woman named Yuuko Ichihara, a witch that grants wishes. Watanuki wishes to stop seeing supernatural stuff, but Yuuko tells him that he must pay with something of equal value, and in his case his payment will be working for her until his work becomes equal to his wish. That is where Watanuki’s adventures begin; he often has to confront paranormal stuff while working for Yuuko.