Search

Search only in certain items:

As Long as We Both Shall Live
As Long as We Both Shall Live
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
My wife! I think she’s dead!’ Matt frantically calls to park rangers, explaining that he and his wife, Marie, were out hiking when she stumbled on a cliff edge and fell into the raging river below. They start a search but aren’t hopeful: no one could have survived that fall.
It’s a tragic accident.
But when police discover Matt’s first wife also died in suspicious circumstances – a fire in their family home – they have a lot more questions for him.
Is Matt a grieving husband, or has he just killed his second wife? Detectives Loren and Spengler dig into the couple’s lives to see what they can unearth. And they find that love’s got teeth, it’s got claws, and once it hitches you to a person, it’s tough to rip yourself free.
So what happens when you’re done making it work?

Well this is one crazy warped marriage ride!
Seriously I found myself laughing at the antics and thoughts of these two at times; then on the flip side being gripped by the suspense.
I really enjoyed this one.
Read what happens when 20 years of marriage becomes a minefield of love/hate.
If you love psychological twisty thrillers as much as me then you need to read this one!
Recommend reading.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the e-book ARC to read and review. This is my honest voluntary review.
  
The Twenty Days of Turin
The Twenty Days of Turin
Giorgio De Maria | 2017 | Horror, Science Fiction/Fantasy
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This may seem like an unfair review but I can only give this 3 stars because I didn’t exactly understand it. I think that’s mainly because I’m a little slow to the mark sometimes and because I read this in a distracting environment, but this disappointed me and didn’t scare me like I hoped it would.

It was well written, especially since it’s a translation, but parts of it felt disjointed and I found it hard to follow the uncovering of the Library’s secrets and the cause of the disturbing and brutal murders. There was well built tension in this and the white-as-a-sheet nun was pretty terrifying to imagine, but in general, I missed a whole lot of the horror in this.

Reading the translator's introduction (after I had finished the book) definitely helped me “get it” a bit more. Maybe if I had known more about Turin’s history to begin with, I could have connected to the story on a deeper level, but since I had no idea about Turin’s unrest in the 1970’s, that whole subplot went completely over my head.

I hate giving such a little known book a very average review, I like supporting small time authors, but I can’t say much about this author and his work when I have no idea what the hell went on. (OK, that’s an over exaggeration, I half got it).
  
    Logopédia

    Logopédia

    Education and Medical

    (0 Ratings) Rate It

    App

    Program Logopédia pomáha pri fixácii správnej výslovnosti hlások – K, Ch, V, F, L, Ľ, Ť,...

40x40

Joe Dante recommended Touch of Evil (1958) in Movies (curated)

 
Touch of Evil (1958)
Touch of Evil (1958)
1958 | Classics, Drama, Mystery
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"This was Orson Welles? last chance to work for a major studio and it was all going quite well until they saw it and didn?t quite get what he was doing. But it?s an audacious film, with all of his usual signature flourishes. Prior to that period, he?d seldom had the opportunity to use the technology the studios had and so it?s an exciting film to see visually. Thematically, it?s very dark. At its heart it?s a Universal-International B-picture, which is what they wanted. Their reaction to it is fairly inexplicable because the movie is extremely entertaining and could?ve been promoted into a solid box-office picture. Instead it was released at the bottom of a double bill and they fooled around with it."

Source
  
40x40

Daisy (166 KP) rated Arena by Duran Duran in Music

Sep 5, 2017  
Arena by Duran Duran
Arena by Duran Duran
1984 | Rock
Proper sound of the 80's. (2 more)
Massive hits included are Rio, Save a Prayer and Girls On Film.
Great nostalgic album to listen too.
  
Despicable Me 3 (2017)
Despicable Me 3 (2017)
2017 | Animation, Comedy
Action- packed. Never boring. (3 more)
The appearance of Gru's twin brother was a great dynamic
Some innovative action ideas
80's music - Yay! ?
Surprisingly enjoyable
  
40x40

ErinSJ (112 KP) rated Beauty Queens in Books

Jun 19, 2018  
Beauty Queens
Beauty Queens
Libba Bray | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry, Young Adult (YA)
7
7.5 (8 Ratings)
Book Rating
Social Commentary (2 more)
Diverse Characters
Feminist Message
Weird Villain(s)? (2 more)
A Little Unrealistically Positive at Times
The Social Commentary is Sometimes Too On the Nose