Robz H

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Joined: May 23, 2017

First of her name, Writer of angry letters, Queen of Procrastination, Proud Dirty Lefty, Mental Health Advocate, Resistance Badass.

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Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

8.7 (29 Ratings) Rate It

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A love story between an 18-year-old girl named Sophie, cursed by a witch into an old woman's body,...

Added: May 24, 2017, 4:28:16 PM

I am Number Four (Lorien Legacies #1)

Pittacus Lore

7.6 (31 Ratings) Rate It

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Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We...

Added: May 12, 2017, 5:45:49 PM

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Westworld - Season 1

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The one-hour by ten episode drama series Westworld is a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial...

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Robz H (21 KP) rated Atypical - Season 1 in TV

Oct 14, 2018

Atypical - Season 1

2017 | Comedy, Drama, Family

8.7

(21 Ratings)

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Robz H (21 KP) rated Cloak & Dagger in TV

Oct 14, 2018

Cloak & Dagger

2018 | Action, Adventure, Drama

7.4

(32 Ratings)

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Robz H (21 KP) rated Ready Player One in Books

Aug 6, 2017

Ready Player One

Ernest Cline | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry

8.9

(161 Ratings)

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Nice easy read.

I really liked the idea behind this book... Being a child of the 80s it was a real buzz to think that all the things that made me tick as a child could become stuff of legend. The setting for the story is entirely believable, with climate change, renewable energy and global over population very hot topics right now - it's no real stretch of the imagination to see that this is where we could be in the future. I also really identified with the insecurities of the characters... The anonymity that the internet lends is liberating, but also terribly isolating.

As much as I enjoyed this book, I did find my mind wandering at times, that I was glossing over paragraphs that had got too bogged down in details that weren't entirely pertinent to the story. That being said, I think that this story is going to make for an amazing movie, I'm very much looking forward to it.

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Robz H (21 KP) rated Preacher - Season 1 in TV

Aug 6, 2017

Very dark humour (1 more)

Great soundtrack

An entire season to set up the premise? I so ain't angry.

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Robz H (21 KP) rated Howl's Moving Castle (2004) in Movies

May 24, 2017

Audio available in original Japanese, but also a magnificent English dub (3 more)

An excellent adaption of a brilliant book

The music. Oh my beating heart.

English dub specific: you CANNOT go wrong with Billy Crystal.

IMO: The very best of Studio Ghibli.

Such a delightful movie. Everything about it makes me happy, or content, or understanding of the world, or takes the edge off whatever is bothering me IRL.

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Robz H (21 KP) rated I am Number Four (Lorien Legacies #1) in Books

May 24, 2017

I am Number Four (Lorien Legacies #1)

Pittacus Lore | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)

7.6

(31 Ratings)

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Great early character development (1 more)

Very minimal awkward teen love scenes

This is how young adult fiction should be done.

Roped in from the beginning. Easy reading without getting boring. Entertaining and engaging, with just the right amount of eye rolls from an adult reader for YA fiction.

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Robz H (21 KP) rated Westworld - Season 1 in TV

May 24, 2017

Amazing soundtrack (4 more)

Well written and completely engaging from start to finish

Spectacular cinematography

Plot twists that properly knock you for six

A very fascinating take on what makes humans tick

Places the viewer in danger of binge watching the whole season in one sitting! (0 more)

Phenomenal

This show is amazing. If binge watching TV shows was an Olympic sport, I would certainly be in contention to represent my country, but I haven't sat down and watched the first episode of a show and then remained firmly on my arse until I'd watched the entire season since I discovered Game of Thrones.

Everything about this show reeled me in immediately. The opening theme, the cast and the portrayal of their characters, the storyline and the way it unraveled in front of me... A very special chord that was struck with me (punny!) was the soundtrack - that moment when I was entirely engrossed in what I was seeing and the fleeting thought of "Hey that sounds like Paint It Black..." then having the realisation that it WAS Paint It Black left me in love with this show from the very get go.

I recommend this show at every possible opportunity as something that should be watched sometime between immediately and ASAFP.