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Widowland

C J Carey

9.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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To control the past, they edited history. To control the future, they edited literature. London,...

Alternative historical fiction

A Little Something Different

Sandy Hall

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The distinctive new crowdsourced publishing imprint Swoon Reads proudly presents its first published...

The Silence of Scheherazade

Defne Suman

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Set in the ancient city of Smyrna, this powerful novel follows the intertwining fates of four...

Historical fiction Turkish Literary fiction War Cultural Colonialisation

Lee (2222 KP) rated The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) in Movies

Feb 12, 2019

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)

2019 | Adventure, Animation, Comedy

6.9

(58 Ratings)

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Everything is no longer awesome

I liked the first Lego Movie a lot. I liked the Lego Batman movie even more. I should have liked this movie too. Maybe I was just having a grumpy Monday, but unfortunately I didn't like this one very much at all.

The Lego movies thrive on being fast paced - a visual feast for the eyes with rapid fire gags and knowing little nods and references to film and other pop culture. Lego Movie 2 is certainly fast paced, but because I didn't find any of the gags funny, I quickly grew tired and annoyed by it all. Only when we start to see a lot more of the real world - brother and sister fighting, Mum getting involved (Will Ferrell reduced to just shouting something out from another room rather than appearing on screen, weirdly) - that we get a real understanding of the impact on the Lego world and why everything is happening. That brought a real coherency and sentimentality to everything and meant that I enjoyed the final third of the movie a lot more than the rest of it.

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Versusyours (757 KP) rated Ready Player One in Books

Dec 13, 2019

Ready Player One

Ernest Cline | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry

8.9

(161 Ratings)

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Nostalgia drips from the page

Future true story

Modern retro

Coming to this book from the movie was a mistake but not a bigger one than reading this then watching the movie.

In a strangely possible future that sees the real world being second to virtual world of the Oasis, Wade Watts finds himself orphaned and obsessed with the 80s and all levels of geek and pop trivia. This obsession grows as he along with millions of others are undertaking a quest to control the virtual world and basically be the king of both worlds. Many movies, computer games, songs and even breakfast cereals are dissected in great detail and this attention to detail makes the book for me and is where it had me hooked. If you love nostalgia then this book will be a dream of not then it could be too much.

The story is packed with twists and turns with the obligatory love interest make this book fun, interesting and gripping in equal measure.

Book then movie, I need to learn to remember that one of these days