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Night Reader Reviews (683 KP) rated Koko in Books
Jan 9, 2020
I was not even able to finish this book. Peter Straub cowrites with one of my favorite authors so I figured it was only right that I give one of his books a try. The book turned out to be very dry and boring. I did manage to make it to the halfway point in the book before I gave up, so I feel confident in saying that I did give it a fair shot.
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Sweet Evil (Sweet, #1) in Books
Jan 6, 2021
I'm not normally a fan of long books as, to me, they start to drag after a while and I become bored. Luckily, this was an exception to that.
I really liked this (mostly, anyway).
The "mostly" part because of the lack of a HEA. Yeah, I know it's in a trilogy but I've been left with little hope after that ending. I really need to go buy the second book right now to see how it all works out (with a HEA or at least hope of one for the last book)
I liked that it was detailed and quite steamy for a YA book. I read books for the romance aspect and I ADORED that in this. It was almost forbidden but they couldn't help themselves and were drawn inexplicably to each other.
I love Kaiden!
I really liked this (mostly, anyway).
The "mostly" part because of the lack of a HEA. Yeah, I know it's in a trilogy but I've been left with little hope after that ending. I really need to go buy the second book right now to see how it all works out (with a HEA or at least hope of one for the last book)
I liked that it was detailed and quite steamy for a YA book. I read books for the romance aspect and I ADORED that in this. It was almost forbidden but they couldn't help themselves and were drawn inexplicably to each other.
I love Kaiden!
Sam (228 KP) rated Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom in Books
Sep 24, 2019
Beautiful Imagery (1 more)
Outside Sources to Poetry
Repetitive (1 more)
Religious connotations
Good Advice, I guess
I was so close to loving this book when I first opened it. However, this ended after I got to page three, while this is advertised as a book of celtic wisdom I found instead the multiple turns back to christianity. Specifically the author's own views towards christianity. While I believed that I was finding a book about Celtic wisdom, history, and culture; I found instead a story of a christian missionary who had done some research and was putting together a past look at what wisdom could be drawn from the Celtic culture. The wisdom is beautifully written but if you're looking for a book specifically about Celtic culture, history, beliefs or anything of the sort this is not the book for you.
Ironheart, the TV series, was one of those I took a while getting round to watch.
Possible because I felt it was starting to get to be a bit of a chore to keep up with all the Marvel content on Disney+, plus the fact that I found the character - first introduced in Black Panther 2 - to be a bit on the bland side.
Once I did get round to it, I watched it all in the space of a few days as it was better than I was expecting, mixing the magic side of the MCU with the technological side.
And, yes, while I *know* that reveal at the end is supposed to be a big deal, I've still no real context for it and just what it is considered to be such (other than what I have heard second-hand)
Possible because I felt it was starting to get to be a bit of a chore to keep up with all the Marvel content on Disney+, plus the fact that I found the character - first introduced in Black Panther 2 - to be a bit on the bland side.
Once I did get round to it, I watched it all in the space of a few days as it was better than I was expecting, mixing the magic side of the MCU with the technological side.
And, yes, while I *know* that reveal at the end is supposed to be a big deal, I've still no real context for it and just what it is considered to be such (other than what I have heard second-hand)
Dean (6927 KP) rated Alien: Covenant (2017) in Movies
May 16, 2017
Ridley Scott is back for an Alien film (1 more)
Michael Fassbender
A solid entry in the Alien series
Well I should have read the synopsis as I didn't realise it was a sequel to Prometheus. It's a good film with little nods to scenes from the other films. Just not the Alien film I was hoping for.
Domonique (0 KP) rated The Girl with All the Gifts in Books
May 12, 2018
I liked the story. It was a different take on a zombie apocalypse if you will and I liked that we not only got an adult's perspective but a child's as well. I liked seeing the world through Melanie's eyes and seeing how a kid who's been sheltered from the world can view things differently and have a unique outlook on how she should behave.
Dean (6927 KP) rated Ravenous (2017) in Movies
Nov 30, 2019
Ok Zombie film
I checked this out on Netflix as I quite like zombie films. It is a French speaking film although there isn't a great deal of dialogue. I got the impression it was going to be quite a funny film, but it's definitely not a comedy horror. It's ok for a low budget but nothing out of the ordinary really happens. Fairly straight forward overall.
Chelsea (449 KP) rated Neverwhere in Books
Sep 7, 2017
Gaiman wrote this book because he felt adults deserved a story similar to how Alice in Wonderland was written for kids. I love this explanation!
"Dear Diary, he began. On Friday I had a job, a fiancée, a home, and a life that made sense. (Well, as much as any life makes sense.) Then I found an injured girl bleeding on the pavement, and I tried to be a Good Samaritan. Now I’ve got no fiancée, no home, no job, and I’m walking around a couple of hundred feet under the streets of London with the projected life expectancy of a suicidal mayfly."
"Dear Diary, he began. On Friday I had a job, a fiancée, a home, and a life that made sense. (Well, as much as any life makes sense.) Then I found an injured girl bleeding on the pavement, and I tried to be a Good Samaritan. Now I’ve got no fiancée, no home, no job, and I’m walking around a couple of hundred feet under the streets of London with the projected life expectancy of a suicidal mayfly."
Colin O'Donoghue recommended The Shawshank Redemption (1994) in Movies (curated)
