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Emma @ The Movies (1786 KP) rated Ghostbusters (2016) in Movies
Sep 25, 2019
O. M. G. It was cheesy and amazing. I loved this one, The cameos were fun, and I thought that the four of them worked great together. I'm a stickler for remakes, and I can understand why some people get a bit tetchy about them... but honestly, this one wasn't as bad a they'd have had you think.
Kimmic (814 KP) rated The Immortals: Evermore in Books
Sep 3, 2021
Kimmic (814 KP) rated Twisted Heart (Dark Angel, #2) in Books
Sep 3, 2021
majorly disappointed. this is a complete mirror of the first book! no character development.
the italics are drawn out, boring and unnecessary. I skipped them most of the time.
an all round disappointment and a struggle to finish.
I will give book 3 a chance but if its no diff then I will not return to this author again
the italics are drawn out, boring and unnecessary. I skipped them most of the time.
an all round disappointment and a struggle to finish.
I will give book 3 a chance but if its no diff then I will not return to this author again
alex (68 KP) rated Your Name (2016) in Movies
Nov 19, 2017
Interesting storyline and an extra twist to the switched bodies trope (1 more)
Beautiful animation and colour aesthetic
Great plot and beautiful animation
I loved this movie - im such a sucker for beautiful animes. The movie is fun yet emotional with a twist I didn't see coming. It also has a very sweet soundtrack. As always I reccomend the subbed version.
ClareR (6238 KP) rated The Atlas Paradox in Books
Jun 21, 2023
I should lead with the fact that everything I write about books is my own opinion, and you’ll see why.
The second instalment of anything creative seems to be the hard one: the difficult second album, and in this case, the second in a book trilogy.
When you’re building a new, different world, I should imagine that there’s so much to think about. Every aspect has a new perspective. People have different life choices, new rules, new laws, and I can see why in many books in this genre (fantasy, in this case) there’s a need for more than the average amount of description. As a reader though, I feel there needs to be a sweet spot, because I do enjoy the interactions between the characters as much as the more descriptive passages. For me, it’s a large part of what propels the story forward. I like to hear the characters.
Ok, I’ll just say it: I found The Atlas Paradox really hard work. It has taken me nearly three weeks to read, which is a long time for me. I would pick it up, start reading, find myself skipping pages and trying to find something to grab me, feel guilty and backtrack.
I still love the Libby/ Nico/ Gideon story arc, and Callum and Reina seem to be a bit of a revelation. I think Libby could be very interesting in the next book, in particular.
But I think that as a whole it felt like The Atlas Paradox had lost its way somewhat. There was a lot of sitting around and thinking, and not enough action related to the thinking. I actually believe that this book was killing time for book 3 - which incidentally, I will read.
I know that seems crazy after what I’ve just written, but I do believe this trilogy still has something interesting to say, and I really hope it says it in book 3 (The Atlas Complex). And really, the character Atlas did seem to building himself up to something - it’s just taken him about 900 pages to do it. There’s so much promise here, and ever the optimist (with a healthy dash of realism!) I want to see what happens in The Atlas Complex.
The second instalment of anything creative seems to be the hard one: the difficult second album, and in this case, the second in a book trilogy.
When you’re building a new, different world, I should imagine that there’s so much to think about. Every aspect has a new perspective. People have different life choices, new rules, new laws, and I can see why in many books in this genre (fantasy, in this case) there’s a need for more than the average amount of description. As a reader though, I feel there needs to be a sweet spot, because I do enjoy the interactions between the characters as much as the more descriptive passages. For me, it’s a large part of what propels the story forward. I like to hear the characters.
Ok, I’ll just say it: I found The Atlas Paradox really hard work. It has taken me nearly three weeks to read, which is a long time for me. I would pick it up, start reading, find myself skipping pages and trying to find something to grab me, feel guilty and backtrack.
I still love the Libby/ Nico/ Gideon story arc, and Callum and Reina seem to be a bit of a revelation. I think Libby could be very interesting in the next book, in particular.
But I think that as a whole it felt like The Atlas Paradox had lost its way somewhat. There was a lot of sitting around and thinking, and not enough action related to the thinking. I actually believe that this book was killing time for book 3 - which incidentally, I will read.
I know that seems crazy after what I’ve just written, but I do believe this trilogy still has something interesting to say, and I really hope it says it in book 3 (The Atlas Complex). And really, the character Atlas did seem to building himself up to something - it’s just taken him about 900 pages to do it. There’s so much promise here, and ever the optimist (with a healthy dash of realism!) I want to see what happens in The Atlas Complex.
ClareR (6238 KP) rated Undermajordomo Minor in Books
Dec 31, 2017
Hardgoing!
I really struggled reading this. I veered between hating it and finding it mildly amusing, but picking it up to read was a bit of a feat of willpower. I could have given up (and to be quite honest, I usually do) but I wanted to know what was going to happen to the characters. They were actually quite likeable. I just didn't like the style of writing. So sheer nosiness is the one and only reason why I finished this book!
Cynthia Armistead (17 KP) rated Sisters of the Raven in Books
Mar 1, 2018
Why do I have to give a book at least one star for it to be considered rated? 0 is a rating!
I put this book on the "read" shelf just so I won't forget that I tried it and didn't like it. Hambly's writing is excellent, as usual, but I wasn't in the mood for dystopia and I just didn't care much about the characters after the first 100 pages or so. I figure my time is much better spent elsewhere.
I put this book on the "read" shelf just so I won't forget that I tried it and didn't like it. Hambly's writing is excellent, as usual, but I wasn't in the mood for dystopia and I just didn't care much about the characters after the first 100 pages or so. I figure my time is much better spent elsewhere.
Roxanne (13 KP) rated The Glory Bus in Books
Nov 14, 2018
On reflection I will be upping this from a 4 star read to a 5 star read. My reason for this is because eventhough I read this last year I still remember pretty much everything from it. It has stuck with me and I still think about it, I would be more than happy to re-read it. I loved the characters, the writing was brilliant and I think it's safe to say that Laymon is one of my favourite authors.
saheffernan (157 KP) rated The Bright Sessions in Podcasts
Nov 9, 2019
I don't listen to a lot of podcast and I only checked this out because I had heard in a book review that the characters in the Infinite noise had started on this podcast as patients of Dr. Bright. I was so not disappointed I listened to this at every chance I could get and was through most of the podcast up to season 3 in matter of days. I love most things about atypicals or extraordinary people this was so well done.
Caffeinated Zombie (3374 KP) rated Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness in TV
Apr 8, 2020
Tigers (1 more)
Insane
Contains spoilers, click to show
I sort of enjoyed this! Sometimes Netflix documentaries stress me out and this one did a bit. I get that Joe Exotic's life was chaotic but I'm still not entirely sure of the order in which things happened. I might have to go watch it again but I have more questions now than when I started. I know a lot of people love this documentary and it is good I just think it could have been told better.