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Haecity (2 KP) rated Sourdough: A Novel in Books

Feb 25, 2018

Sourdough: A Novel

Robin Sloan | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

7.3

(4 Ratings)

Book Rating

Odd

The beginning was fun and interesting, but the story started to stall and get sort of odd. The ending was both more climactic than the genre really calls for, and oddly anticlimactic at the same time.

Usually I like books of this type but the mix (almost like it was foreshadowing that it was going to change wildly into a fantasy or sci-if story at any minute) was so odd and kept me wondering so much about where the story was going that it detracted from my enjoyment.

I love the author’s voice, but the climax felt completely at odds with the rest of the mood set.

I do have to say that I thought a lot about the story in the week after I finished it, and it has definitely peaked my interest in micro-biology.

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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Three Musketeers (2011) in Movies

Feb 11, 2018 (Updated Feb 11, 2018)

The Three Musketeers (2011)

2011 | Action, Romance

4.9

(9 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Dumb and Dumas

Paul W.S. Anderson, the man behind the Resident Evil and Alien Vs Predator franchises, shows us what real creativity looks like as he gives us his take on a piece of classic literature, adding all those crucial things that Alexandre Dumas inexplicably forgot to include in the original version of The Three Musketeers: aqualungs, flamethrowers, airship battles, Orlando Bloom in a pompadour hairstyle, and Milla Jovovich doing somersaults in a basque.

Pretty much wholly ghastly from start to finish, almost to the point where banning Anderson from reading books seems like a reasonable precaution, just to be on the safe side. About as thrilling as watching your laptop install an update, with all the comic charm of an outbreak of venereal disease. The special effects are technically competent but that really is the best you can say about it.

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Connie (244 KP) rated Marella (Wraidd Elfennol 1) in Books

Sep 2, 2018

Marella (Wraidd Elfennol 1)

Morgan Sheppard | 2016 | Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)

8.8

(4 Ratings)

Book Rating

A prequel worth reading.

*I was given a copy of this book for a fair and honest review by the author.*

When I originally started reading it, I wasn't crazy about this book. I set it aside and left it there for other books.

Recently, I went back and got the book in a different format, and I began to enjoy it much more. You get a chance to see how Marella is trying to grow and adapt, how her actual Testing goes, and you get to learn about her family relationships.

Personally, I have not read the "official" first book, but I plan on going to pick it up shortly on Amazon. All in all, I'm pretty eager to see what happens next and I can't wait to see how Marella's world changes. Well done!