Critical Literature

Edward and Declan discuss the "happy" youth of Patroclus and the early years of the Iliad's best boys.

The full breakdown of Fae Wars: Onslaught as a whole, including characters, writing, themes, and a reminder that Kincaid is a nerd

The last of the chapter episodes before Edward and Declan go full-on with their analysis of everything they liked in this book. This book is just dense with fun lore and characters.

As the story keeps going so do Edward and Declan as they talk about how this book succeeds where a book or two last season fell way too short.

 This week Declan and Edward talk about the second section of Fae Wars by J F Holmes and Lucas Marcus. This weird amalgamation of genres shows the initial invasion of an alien race akin to elves of lore.  We get to make new friends find old ones and kill some more dragons.

This week Declan and Edward talk about the first installment of Fae Wars by J F Holmes and Lucas Marcus. This weird amalgamation of genres shows the initial invasion of an alien race akin to elves of lore.

This week Edward and Declan discuss Go Nitro: Rise of the Blades by Jeremy Dooley they go through the book one more time in a wrap up.  The two of them discuss the plot, their favorite character along with what they generally enjoyed.

This week Edward and Declan discuss Go Nitro: Rise of the Blades by Jeremy Dooley they go over the second half of the book.  Where we see the Nitros hunt down the leader of the Blades and figure out the end of the stories.

This week Edward and Declan discuss Go Nitro: Rise of the Blades by Jeremy Dooley they go over the first half of the book.  Where we see the Nitros begin their hunt for the leader of the Blades and work on their abilities as a team.

This week Edward and Declan talk about Zachary Ying and The Dragon Emperor. More specifically they talk about things they liked and how the book left them feeling.

 This week Edward and Declan talk about Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao.  They look through Chapters 19 through 25 and how they feel about the ending of the introduction to this series.

 This week Edward and Declan talk about Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao.  They look through Chapters 9 through 18  and reacquaint themselves with Zhao's steel chair. 

The introduction to Season 2 of Critical Literature, Same hosts, same rules, and new books. This week Edward and Declan talk about Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao.  They look through Chapters 1 through 8  and their feelings as they enter this new world. 

This week Declan and Edward talk about what they are looking forward to with the upcoming adaptation of Xiran Jay Zhao's Iron Widow.

This week Declan and Edward discuss Fan Fiction including two that Edward was "forced" to read.

Declan and Edward talk about the books they are reading right now for the next season.

Through Season One Declan and Edward discovered that a lot of the books had movie adaptations. This week they discuss how well these adaptations adapt their source material.

This week, Edward and Declan talk about adaptations and some of their favorites.  This way they can talk about this season's adaptations next week.

This episode Declan and Edward discuss what happens when you put too many good characters in one book.

Edward and Declan take this week to look over the past season and discuss their favorite and least favorite books from the season.

This is the week!!! Declan and Edward go over the last episode of the last book of season one. Jurassic Park has been a fantastic read and discussion. This season has been a WILD RUN but doesn't worry. We have some supplements to deal with these books coming next week 

This week Edward and Declan learn about the big issues with what went wrong at Jurrassic Park and it was a love for sweet sweet ice cream!!

This week Declan and Edward start looking at Declan's pick for what we would read from his past.  Unfortunately, Edward isn't allowed to talk about the movie. He does try though.

The wrap up episode where Edward and Declan discuss their overall opinions on Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.

Celebrating Halloween Declan and Edward are reading from Scary Stories to tell in the Dark.

Edward and Declan discuss the second half of Ready Player One and the action or lack there of for the final challenges.

Edward and Declan discuss the first half of Ernest Cline's Ready Player One, the second to last book of the season and Edward's choice of prior reads.

Ever wonder what the best way to hunt witches was in the 15th century? While that does sound interesting Edward and Declan  quickly found out the truth about this treatise from the 1400s.

 This week Edward and Declan summarize their emotions after the book Once Were Warriors by Alan Duff. Once Were Warriors is New Zealand author Alan Duff's bestselling first novel, published in 1990. It tells the story of an urban Māori family, the Hekes, and portrays the reality of domestic violence in New Zealand. This is a rough episode that doesn't give a second to breathe, please remember to take breaks when you need to if the content gets too much.  

This week Edward and Declan tackle the book of Once Were Warriors by Alan Duff. Once Were Warriors is New Zealand author Alan Duff's bestselling first novel, published in 1990. It tells the story of an urban Māori family, the Hekes, and portrays the reality of domestic violence in New Zealand. This is a rough episode that doesn'tgive a second to breathe, please remember to take breaks when you need to if the content gets too much. 

Edward and Declan break down the book The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas as a whole by themes, characters, plot, and significane.

This week Declan and Edward go over Angie Thomas's book The Hate U Give. Exploring the world of Starr Carter after she witnesses the shooting of a childhood friend and the event becomes a national headline.  

 This week Declan and Edward go over Angie Thomas's book The Hate U Give. Exploring the world of Starr Carter after she witnesses the shooting of a childhood friend and the event becomes a national headline. 

This week Declan and Edward go over Angie Thomas's book The Hate U Give. Exploring the world of Starr Carter after she witnesses the shooting of a childhood friend and the event becomes a national headline.

With the Percy Jackson series being adapted Edward and Declan look at what they think that the adaptation can change and what shouldn't be changed. 

Edward has yet to read the My Immortal fan-fic. Declan thought it was too long for him not to have read this. As such our two protagonists join Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way in her journies at Hoggywarts.

This week Edward and Declan talk about Brookas, Lipips, and everyone's favorite Panopticon of Orsk, as they finish off the beautiful book that is Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix.

 Edward and Declan talk about the book by Grady Hendrix. These two model Orsk employees take this first part of Amy's adventure as her, Basil, Ruth Ann, Matt, and Trinity look for their store's disturbance or film a ghost show. 

Edward and Declan talk about the book by Grady Hendrix. These two model Orsk employees take this first part of Amy's adventure as her, Basil, Ruth Ann, Matt, and Trinity look for their store's disturbance or film a ghost show.

Declan and the nonvampire Edward talk about how they felt about the book Midnight Sun and sort of the whole Twilight universe in general.

This week Edward and Declan Wrap up the last few chapters of Midnight Sun and just have a grand old time with stuff actually happening in the book.

Back with Midnight Sun is a book that is just super fun. Declan and Edward talk about how much they super enjoyed this book and how much the main character loves himself.

This week Edward and Declan begin to take a stab at the third written work of the first book of the Twilight Saga... that doesn't make much sense but in fairness neither did a lot of this book.

 This week Declan and Edward start a new book. Black Friday, by William W. Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone, is a book where the people of the American Way Mall are forced into a life and death situation when terrorists attack. Edward and Declan cover the second half of the book and oh boy is it disorienting.  

 This week Declan and Edward start a new book. Black Friday, by William W. Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone, is a book where the people of the American Way Mall are forced into a life and death situation when terrorists attack. Edward and Declan cover the second half of the book and oh boy is it disorienting. 

This week Declan and Edward start a new book. Black Friday, by William W. Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone, is a book where the people of the American Way Mall are forced into a life and death situation when terrorists attack. Edward and Declan cover the first half of the book and oh boy is it disorienting.

Edward and Declan finish off Iron Widow with a bang.  Breaking down characters and some of the running themes in this fantastic book.

Declan and Edward talk about the last part of Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao, the Way of the Dragon.  Join them for the pain and joy that this chapter puts them through.

 Declan and Edward go through Part 3- Way of the Snake of Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao and we get some feels in this part. 

Declan and Edward go through Part 2- Way of the Bird of Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao and we get some feels in this part.

Join Declan and Edward as they open up a new book with Xiran Jay Zhao's Iron Widow. Starting with the Way of the Fox we hope you join us in reading this spectacular book.