Lucy L (0 KP) rated The Essex Serpent in Books
Mar 9, 2018
It is a beautifully written novel and the detail is gorgeous, but at times it felt slow with little to hold my attention. I found myself skimming ahead sometimes. The characters weren’t always relatable and I didn’t feel any great connection to any of them. The promises of the Essex serpent itself is handled well and used expertly to draw out everyone’s heightened fears feeding off their own misdeeds.
I would still recommend this book. Just maybe not for anyone looking for a rousing novel. However a calm afternoon with a pot of tea to yourself it’s worth giving it a go.
Based on a True Story
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Today I know that L. is the sole reason for my powerlessness. And that the two years that we were...
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David McK (3801 KP) rated Sharpe's Enemy (1994) in Movies
Oct 17, 2021 (Updated Oct 17, 2021)
This is the one that has Elizabeth Hurley in it (proving she can't act), and that has the second - and last - appearance of Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill, alongside the first appearance of the French spymaster Pierre Ducos.
it's also no as polished as the previous entry in the series, with the shocking moment towards the end failing to really hit home, and with the entire thing feeling, maybe, half an hour longer than it needed to be.
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Irene Burghardt and Stefan Haacke
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The functionality and control of biological systems and nanostructured (bio)assemblies have been...
Get Carter (2000)
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Crime thriller, based on the 1971 British film of the same name. Gangland enforcer Jack Carter...
Nanomaterials for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cell
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Direct alcohol fuel cells, such as methanol and ethanol, are very promising advanced power systems...
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
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Based on the novel by Kevin Kwan, Crazy Rich Asians centers on American-born Chinese economics...
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Strike Back - Season 6
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Based on the novel of the same name by former British SAS officer Chris Ryan, this programme follows...
David McK (3801 KP) rated Sharpe's Eagle (1993) in Movies
Jul 31, 2021 (Updated Jul 31, 2021)
And, already, the restrictions of a TV budget are beginning to show somewhat: The Battle of Talavera, for instance (which occurs at the end of both the novel and this made-for-TV movie) is a decidedly small-scale affair, for instance!
Still, for all that, this is still an enjoyable enough adaptation of the source material.