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Scintillating, surprising, inventive fiction from one of the most talented writers in Britain - this...
Old Men Can't Wait
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This epic exploration of thirteen countries takes Gandolfi across desert and over mountains, through...
Sarah (7800 KP) rated Elevator (2012) in Movies
Jul 18, 2020
The premise sounded interested. Kind of like a full film version of the opening scene from Speed (which was surprisingly tense). However this is nothing of the sort. There's no suspense or intrigue or real tension, despite the confined space. It's full of entirely cliched and unlikeable characters, all with rather predictable stories. I picked the bomber on this literally within the first few minutes, and it didn't get much better from them. The plot is just stupid and it makes no sense that these people are stuck in a lift for such a long time without any help. And the ending is just laughable.
There's nothing particularly likeable about this film at all, it's your typical second rate straight to dvd type movie. I've only marked it as high as I have due to have laughably bad it was.
David McK (3562 KP) rated Biggles: The Camels Are Coming in Books
Jan 3, 2021
Thankfully, Amazon doesn't know (or care).
I've just re-read this for the first time in something like 30 odd years, and it's amazing how well it actually holds together all those years later.
Like 'Biggles Learns To Fly' (which I also re-read recently), this is more a collection of short stories with little in the real way of any over-arching plot: vignettes which, if the author is to be believed (and I've no reason not to) are all based on true stories that either happened to him or that he heard about during his earliest flying days in the latter stages of World War One.
While the character of Biggles may not be as popular or as well-known today as during the years in which the stories were written (the 1930 through to the 1990s), there's a reason why they have endured as long as they have ...
Liberty Boston (93 KP) rated Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (Gallagher Girls, #2) in Books
Mar 15, 2021
I really, really like this series!
My stepmom wants me to branch out of middle school books hence The Selection, The Twisted Tales, and the Disney Villians series. Browsing Amazon for quarantine reads I remembered the Gallagher Girls a series recommended to me in high school. I owned books three and five (Long story) so I hunted down the rest. I'll be honest, it isn't often that I dislike a book and this trend continues! I'm head-over-heels in love with Gallagher girls!
Told from Cammie's POV her little quips and 'fast-facts about the world drew me in and made me devour the first book and this one. It was amazing, it was intense, a nice roller-coaster ride and I can't wait to see where the next one goes (Already on chapter five)
Yes, I recommend the book!
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Sep 29, 2019
Lion Wallpapers HD - Great Lions Pictures Catalog
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In 'Lion Wallpapers' app we’ve all got some of the best Photographs from the worlds best...
Crazy For Speed
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The most dangerous real road from all over the world: Mountain road of Alps, Coastal road of Venice,...
Sarah (7800 KP) rated Booksmart (2019) in Movies
Jul 27, 2020
For me, this was no different than any other coming of age teenager type film. Think a slightly more modern version of Superbad but with two female leads. Don't get me wrong, Beanie Feldstein especially does a great job and she really is a wonderful young actor who deserves to go far. However the story itself is just not particularly different or memorable to anything we've seen before - it follows that same formula we see in all those other coming of age type films. There are some sweet heartwarming moments in this along with a few laughs, but for me it was nothing special. Feldstein makes this film and if it wasn't for her, I probably wouldn't have liked this film at all.
Escape from Bythos
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How did Asho end up as Lord Kyferin's squire? Escape from Bythos leads seamlessly into the novel...