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Red Sparrow

Jason Matthews

7.3 (3 Ratings) Rate It

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SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton and Jeremy Irons....

Cori June (3033 KP) rated The Innkeeper's Song in Books

Jun 3, 2019

The Innkeeper's Song

Peter S. Beagle | 1994 | Science Fiction/Fantasy

9.0

(1 Ratings)

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Multiple pov (1 more)

More than you'd expect

A surprising twist or two in these pages. Told through multiple POVs some main character, a few that are just observations from not quite random people but still ties into the story. Each person's pov is told to an unknown third party that they occasionally interact with/ talk to as they explain the events that happened so long ago that inspired a song. Some of the names are hard to pronounce like Lal's full name.
From the description and introduction it may seem a love story, which it is in a way, but it's also much more; it's a story about love, death, obligation, loyalty, betrayal, forgiveness,groing

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starwarsluvr (236 KP) rated The Fall of Sky in Books

Jan 30, 2018

I loved it all. So much fun to see another side to this author. I loved the musician aspect as well. The love, the hardships, the conflicts and the amazing bond between sisters and even through everything they are together. I loved how it ended and the end brought everything together perfectly. The lyrics are amazing.. and I loved Saul. He brought more into this story. The betrayal involved was perfect for the story and made me feel. As always when reading I felt like I was brought into the story. I love that Alexia can make me feel like I transported to the story and I have to finish reading it as soon as possible. Amazing!

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KarenRC (6 KP) rated Two Steps Forward in Books

Jul 23, 2018

Two Steps Forward

Anne Buist, Graeme Simsion | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

7.7

(3 Ratings)

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This book was a really enjoyable read.
Ultimately a love story, but also a story of loss, dealing with grief, betrayal and personal growth set in a beautiful landscape.
It was an easy read, despite a slightly slow start and once the characters met, the story seemed to pick up and was certainly more engaging.
I loved the format of the writing, the back and forth between Zoe and Martins stories was done very well and even with the retelling of certain parts from the different perspective, the story moved on perfectly.
The extra characters were also great additions, whilst not detracting from the main story of the two main characters.
I would definitely recommend this book.

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Merissa (13398 KP) rated Gatekeeper in Books

Dec 17, 2018

First off, I'm not sure what category this book is supposed to be. It is a Mystery/Fantasy but for me personally it was also borderline Horror. As an arachnophobe, it was incredibly hard for me to keep reading when the descriptions of the spiders were so good. Believe me when I say I had no idea that this book involved spiders or I would not have downloaded it in the first place.

Saying that, it would have been my loss. This book is incredibly well written, with twists and turns aplenty, love and betrayal, trust, honour - it's all here.

It has been compared to DUNES which may help you to decide if you want to read it.

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Raelucie (4 KP) rated Everything I Never Told You in Books

Jan 25, 2019

Everything I Never Told You

Celeste Ng | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry

7.7

(14 Ratings)

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Beautiful family

Painfully Tragic and Beautifully Romantic

When I started Everything I Never Told You, I expected it to be a story of a family suffering a loss and finding the answers through old journals or realizations of their lost daughter.
Yes, the family learns things about her they did not know, but how I expected it to go down was WAY OFF.
We are able to grow with the kids, through poignant memories. We fall in love with both of the parents as they each reminisce. I felt the betrayal of the mistakes they made and the pure pride and joy as they grew as a family and as people.