Here’s my Metro Canada reviews for the week of March 10th
Nature Is Trying To Kill You
By Dan Risken
Kindle/iBooks/Kobo
Four Stars
Zebras don’t throw their friends “under a bus”, they throw them under a lion. Daily Planet’s Dan Risken tears apart misconceptions about how benevolent and harmonious a “natural” lifestyle can be with this fascinating tour of animal politics, sexual savagery, and brutal betrayal. Keeping things light, he uses an eBook’s interactive footnotes to link in cool facts as witty asides.
UP Coffee
iPhone
Free
Avoiding caffeine in the evening can lead to a better sleep at night. This informative tracker covers all caffeine-related foods to help you work out an ideal cut-off time.
Kitchen Stories
iPad
Free
Striking a healthy balance between free and paid content, this beautifully instructional video cookbook offers weekly updates and includes a no-bake lasagna, halibut in thyme milk, and crostini variations.
Doggins
iPad
$3.99
Transported to the moon, a kerchiefed terrier has to match wits against an evil time-travelling squirrel named Fitzwilliam in this whimsical and adorably animated storybook puzzle adventure.
Thief
Xbox 360/PS3/Xbox One/PS4
Rated: Mature 17+
2 Stars
Garret is a thief who steals not from the rich, but from the miserable. He’s a sulky, unlikeable fellow in a heavily oppressed city that is both difficult to navigate and melancholy in mood. When he prowls the night it’s to break into hovels and loot lowly possessions from dirty bedrolls and broken cupboards. Where’s the mischievous glee in taking a battered woman’s wedding ring? The rooftop walkways, rope-firing arrows, and secret compartments are neat, but are lost in drab, confusing adventures so utterly misguided about what should be fun.
