Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2200 KP) rated Darkwing Duck, Vol. 2: Crisis on Infinite Darkwings in Books
Mar 9, 2018
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/06/book-review-crisis-on-infinite.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Distorted (2018)
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A 32-year-old woman suffering from bipolar disorder comes to suspect the proprietor of the...
Brave New World
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WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY MARGARET ATWOOD AND DAVID BRADSHAW Far in the future, the World Controllers...
The Treatment
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You have to help me. We’re not being reformed. We’re being brainwashed. All sixteen year old...
Brainwashing
Roxanne (13 KP) rated The God Delusion in Books
Nov 14, 2018
This was an intense and very thought provoking read. It's anything but light and Dawkins certainly likes to pack a punch.
I imagine with this one that Dawkins is perhaps already preaching to the converted though as I think they are the only ones that would consider picking this one up.
I was not raised in a religious family but I did attend a Church of England school, looking back on it now after reading this book I can see the brainwashing in full force.
Dawkins makes numerous fantastic arguments against the existence of God and why religion is ultimately 'evil' and at times truly 'laughable'.
If you are sitting on the fence and not sure which way to go when it comes to your faith then definitely read this book.
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Cruelty: Human Evil and the Human Brain
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In this thoughtful exploration of a painful subject, Kathleen Taylor seeks to bring together the...
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Short Stories #1
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In this first of two collections of short stories, we find our favorite Sailor Guardians and their...
Ranger Games: A Story of Soldiers, Family and an Inexplicable Crime
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A tense and layered true-crime story about an all-American soldier boy turned bank robber Alex Blum...
The Prime Minister's Ironing Board and Other State Secrets: True Stories from the Government Archives
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Stored in Whitehall's archives are everything from blood-chilling warnings of imminent nuclear...
Eleanor (1463 KP) rated You - Season 1 in TV
Jun 7, 2019 (Updated Jun 7, 2019)
Joe is straight off the bat creepy stalker guy when he becomes obsessed with Guinevere “Beck” (Elizabeth Lail) off the back of meeting her in his bookshop - as if Amazon isn’t doing enough on its own to kill independent bookshops…. Convinced they should be together to pretty much save Beck from herself, Joe goes to ever increasing lengths to get to know everything about her and start manipulating her to become part of his life. It offers up a strong commentary on the power social media as well as the back stabbing competitive world of literature and socialites in New York
The narrative from Joe is hypnotic in him justifying his actions and Badgley’s voice is a perfect mixture of good wholesome guy with undertones that just make you shiver. As the series progressed, I got less and less creeped out by Joe and more frustrated with the other characters (oh my maybe Joe is brainwashing me.) With an almost Dexter feel to cheering on Joe at times I had to keep reminding myself that his moral compass was way off in comparison, just because someone is a self obsessed a****** doesn't mean they deserve to die.
The series started off very strongly but did drop off midway and I worry if the second season can bring back the initial engagement, I’ll certainly be tuning in to find out.