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Nigella Lawson recommended David Copperfield in Books (curated)

 
David Copperfield
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry
6.6 (5 Ratings)
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"This may not just be my favorite Dickens novel, but my favorite novel period. I read it regularly, and every time is an undimmed pleasure. More, every time it feels fresh. That is the mark of greatness. Although the comic characterization is as juicy as ever, and it’s impossible to read without laughing out loud, Dickens here gives the fullest expression—through the hero who tellingly bears, if back to front, his initials—of horror at the heartbreak, savagery and injustice of the world. It is the ultimate bildungsroman and the truest story of how a person comes to be. Not for nothing was it Freud’s favorite novel."

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Free Guy (2021)
Free Guy (2021)
2021 | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Latest - at the time of reviewing - Ryan Reynolds starrer, in which he discovers he is actually a NOC (non Player character, for the uninitiated) inside a video game, that bears more than a passing resemblance to that of GTA online (or so I'm told).

Set in both his, and the 'real' world (to which he cannot cross over), I felt that had quite a bit in common with the likes of 'The Truman Show', 'The Matrix', 'Ready Player One', maybe even a bit of 'Pixels' thrown in, but is none the less quite enjoyable, with Taika Waititi stealing the show (and with Guy's best mate cop running a close second)