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Deborah (162 KP) rated Wars Of The Roses in Books

Dec 21, 2018  
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Wars Of The Roses
J.R. Lander | 1990
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I think the title of the book is rather misleading - it's not really about the Wars of the Roses per se. The blurb on the inside of the dust jacket tells me it's a book looking more at the impact of this civil strife and the political, social and military situation. It does, as it claims, include many primary sources; 'English and European writings, diplomatic correspondence, personal letters and propoganda', but it is the promised 'detailed interpretation based on modern research' that I must have missed while reading this! To me this was a series of unconnected original documents linked with short paragraphs of text by Lander. In many places the book is so bogged down with inumerable footnotes that the flow of the text is completely lost.

Nice idea, but it doesn't work here.
  
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Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated The Yanks Are Starving: A Novel of the Bonus Army in Books

Jan 12, 2018  
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The Yanks Are Starving: A Novel of the Bonus Army
Glen Craney | 2014
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
[The Yanks Are Starving] by [Glen Craney] was a very well written book that I really did not want to put down. Which is why I often found my eReader on the floor the next morning where it dropped. As a student of history I am glad to see one of the most glossed over and darkest times in American history addressed. The Bonus Army was a real thing. Our government asked young men to defend democracy overseas but when they returned they were shunned and treated as criminals.

Although some of Craney's characters were fictional(as he states in his notes) they were based on real life people. The hurricane that is referred to at the end of the book where WWI vets were left to fend for themselves is also a true event often called "Hemingway's Hurricane" because of the scathing report he wrote after being one of the first to see it's aftermath.

I think this is a must read book for anyone who wants to learn the truth about American history. Even though it is a fiction story it is purely based on fact and the author really did his research well.
  
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Lee (2222 KP) rated The Space Between Us (2017) in Movies

Jan 23, 2018 (Updated Jan 23, 2018)  
The Space Between Us (2017)
The Space Between Us (2017)
2017 | Action, Sci-Fi
2
6.8 (16 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Very dull
It's in such a rush to get to the point where it can be a tragic love story, with our two young lovers on the run, that the movie completely forgets about plausibility and doesn't give us any time to believe in any of the feelings and emotions being experienced. I haven't read the book that this awful movie is based on but I can imagine that it goes into much needed detail a lot more than this does.
  
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ClareR (6106 KP) rated Annihilation (Southern Reach #1) in Books

May 11, 2025  
Annihilation (Southern Reach #1)
Annihilation (Southern Reach #1)
Jeff VanderMeer | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy
8
7.0 (5 Ratings)
Book Rating
I watched the film of Annihilation ages ago and really liked it. I’ve always meant to read it (and the rest of the series) but just didn’t get round to it. After being offered the 4th book in the series, I panicked and bought the first 3 (like I do). Then I read a review of the 4th book that said I only really needed to read the 1st book to understand what was going on in the 4th. Based on this book (and I’ve since read the 4th - review to follow!), I will probably read the 2nd and 3rd books at some point.

It’s spooky, weird and wonderful - horror at its heart! I loved how this incorporeal being is able to take over humans minds and bodies, driving them mad. Extra-terrestrial or spiritual/ demonic? Who knows, and I hope we don’t find out because it makes it that much more terrifying.

It’s a really tense, frightening book, and I loved it.