
Critical Literature
A book club podcast where we go chapter by chapter talking about themes, characters, and random facts.
Episodes
57 episodes
48: Song of Achilles: Totally Just Cousins
Edward and Declan discuss the "happy" youth of Patroclus and the early years of the Iliad's best boys.
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2:08:31

47: Fae Wars: It Shouldn't Work But It Does
The full breakdown of Fae Wars: Onslaught as a whole, including characters, writing, themes, and a reminder that Kincaid is a nerd
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2:27:42

46: Fae Wars: #Elvesrule
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.
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1:30:14

45: Fae Wars: Its a -ski name
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.
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:52:21

44: Fae Wars: Gargoyles... Not The Cartoon.
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 fi...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:51:12

43: Fae Wars: Whole A** Dragon
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.
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:38:27

42: Go Nitro: General SHIELD Situation
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.
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:23:54

41: Go Nitro: Into The Super Soup
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.
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:23:40

40: Go Nitro: Definitly Not Sketchy Thomas
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.
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1:27:10

39:Zachary Ying and The Dragon Emperor: How to Keep Winning
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.
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:54:06

38: Zachary Ying and The Dragon Emperor:How to Expertly Set Up a Series
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.
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:26:11

37: Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor: How To Steel Chair Your Readers
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.
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:52:25

36: Zachary Ying And The Dragon Emperor: How To Be A Perfect Creature
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 the...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:42:23

The Adaptation of Iron Widow
This week Declan and Edward talk about what they are looking forward to with the upcoming adaptation of Xiran Jay Zhao's Iron Widow.
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51:48

Supplemental 04: Fan Fiction
This week Declan and Edward discuss Fan Fiction including two that Edward was "forced" to read.
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35:45

Season Two Trailer
Declan and Edward talk about the books they are reading right now for the next season.
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1:37

Season One's adaptations
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.
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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1:36:28

Adaptations
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.
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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1:39:48

35: Ranking Season One Characters
This episode Declan and Edward discuss what happens when you put too many good characters in one book.
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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58:55

34: Season One Book Ranking
Edward and Declan take this week to look over the past season and discuss their favorite and least favorite books from the season.
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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53:32

33: Jurassic Park: DINO DNA!!
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 thes...
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1:42:42

32: Jurrassic Park: Ice Cream and Ignoring Culpability
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!!
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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2:22:34

31: Jurassic Park: Mysterious Island Off The Coast of Costa Rica
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.
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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2:07:28
