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Rachel King (13 KP) rated Forever (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #3) in Books

Feb 11, 2019  
Forever (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #3)
Forever (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #3)
Maggie Stiefvater | 2012 | Young Adult (YA)
10
7.7 (9 Ratings)
Book Rating
While I have read many other reviews on this book saying that it was a disappointment and did not have the same appeal of the other two books in the trilogy, I actually really enjoyed this book, just for different reasons than I liked the first two. For me, Cole redeemed himself in this book. I previously found him to be obnoxious and spoiled and self-absorbed, but in this book, his unique perspective on the world made his insights both entertaining and valuable. His chemistry with Isabelle is still ever-present, but unfortunately takes a back seat to the drama of Grace and Sam. What he discovers about the wolf chemical is fascinating, and I wouldn't have minded being privy to a few more of his questionable experiments, despite how dangerous the results often were. Cole is also the only character I cried over in this book - twice.
My favorite scene is when Sam and Grace get to be wolves together. Their connection to each other is near-visible in its strength, and the chemistry they exhibited in the previous books in renewed in this bond. That alone is enough to make me wonder if Cole's cure is really necessary.
What I dislike is what happens with Isabelle. She does so much to help these wolves, but in the end she does not have much say over her own destiny, either. I suppose she can kind of relate to them, in her own way.
The events surround Beck, Sam's father figure, are bittersweet. What happens to him I found predictable, and a kind of literary justice. His contributions to the tale were played out, and all that was left was to answer for what he did to Sam as a boy. There could have been other ways, but this one was more of a catalyst for the justice of another. Still, I feel for Sam for his loss, even if don't share those emotions for Beck. I also can't help wondering if this entire tale could not have been so different if Shelby had never been turned.
While Stiefvater's open ending leaves much to the imagination, I don't mind it so much. In my head, all of the dreams and goals of the main characters are achieved, with a happy ending, as all books should be.
  
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Sam (74 KP) rated A Thousand Perfect Notes in Books

Mar 27, 2019  
A Thousand Perfect Notes
A Thousand Perfect Notes
C.G. Drews | 2019
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I was so excited to start this. To begin with, I liked Beck and I loved August and I really felt for both of the characters.

But overall, the book just didn’t feel right. The language used was very poetic, almost as if C.G. Drews was just trying to make Instagram-worthy quotes. The language seemed really forced and really out of context. I can’t understand how a story about an abused teen would use very romanticised and literary language.

In any other context, I think I would quite like her writing style, but I feel that it really didn’t fit in at all here.

And then there’s the way that every few pages the lines

are

like

this

For absolutely no reason at all, and then for about fifty pages you see no use of this writing style almost as if the author has forgotten that she was trying to use this as a feature.

I get that this is a debut, but it just seemed really amateurish and didn’t flow at all. I started off liking the characters, and I finished hating them.

The only reason that this is two stars instead of one is that I did actually manage to finish it.
  
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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Deep Impact (1998) in Movies

Aug 2, 2019  
Deep Impact (1998)
Deep Impact (1998)
1998 | Action, Drama, Mystery
3
7.0 (20 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Armageddon
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Deep Impact- came out the same year as Armageddon. Deep impact came out in May and Armageddon came out in July. So Deep impact came out first, but Armageddon got more attention, more money and that song that wont get out of your head.

The plot: A comet is hurtling toward Earth and could mean the end of all human life. The U.S. government keeps the crisis under wraps, but crack reporter Jenny Lerner (Tea Leoni) uncovers the truth -- forcing U.S. President Beck (Morgan Freeman) to announce his plan. Grizzled astronaut Spurgeon "Fish" Tanner (Robert Duvall) and his team will land on the comet and lay explosives, hopefully deterring the object from its doomsday course. If not, humanity will have to prepare for the worst.

So in Armageddon, earth and the people on earth survive, while in this film the comet hits earth and the main charcters cant stop the comet.

These two films are basically the same, but different. I might be hard to hear this but i like Armageddon better than this film. Yes you heard that right, i like the more stupid film than the other stupid film.

Deep Impact- is stupid it but fun to watch.