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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated At Your Beck & Call: Tales of a male escort in Books

Jan 7, 2021  
At Your Beck & Call: Tales of a male escort
At Your Beck & Call: Tales of a male escort
Jane Harvey-Berrick | 2014
1
1.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
DNF@28%

This is my third book by the author, I think, and one thing I've noticed is she does a lot of background. And in this, I didn't care--AT ALL! I didn't care how he became an escort or what his clients liked or disliked.

I wanted him to meet this client he falls for and find out how he was going to make the relationship work with her considering his job and the mentioned age gap. Nowhere near that by 28% in--and 3 days later--so I'm giving up since I haven't enjoyed it much up til now.

I think I'm going to avoid this author in the future.
  
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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated 20th Century Women (2017) in Movies

Oct 15, 2017 (Updated Oct 15, 2017)  
20th Century Women (2017)
20th Century Women (2017)
2017 | Comedy, Drama
8
6.8 (5 Ratings)
Movie Rating
A solid drama with beautiful cinematography
I began watching this thinking it would be like Little Miss Sunshine aka dark humour but good comedy. But it's not at all - it's pure drama, but still good nevertheless.

Annette Bening plays a lonely 54 year old mother living with her teenage son, and various lodgers in 1979. There's a massive generational divide, Bening was born in the 1920's and feels overwhelmed with her son in this era where punk rock is all the rage and there's general apathy at the world.

At this point she asks for help from her lodger, a young feminist photographer in remission from cervical cancer and a much older hippy mechanic. Instead they seem to confuse the situation further due to a gap in understanding about one another's circumstances, causing mother and son to further drift apart.

It's a different style of coming-of-age film because it shows how the mother's role is also changing and adapting to a new age of politics and societal pressures. A poignant, beautifully shot drama.