Stray City
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All of us were refugees of the nuclear family . . . Twenty-three-year-old artist Andrea Morales...
Add Romance and Mix
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Briley Anderson hasn’t been in a serious relationship for the past two years. The pain of her last...
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David McK (3562 KP) rated Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) in Movies
Sep 5, 2023
That was ... different.
I'd read a few reviews of the first Venom movie that basically described it as a rom-com between Eddie Brock and the symbiote Venom.
Watching this, so must have the producers of this film as they have seemingly 'doubled down' on that aspect, with Tom Hardy again portraying by Eddie Brock and voicing Venom, with lots of internal conversations going on between the two (that sound vaguely like something out of Deadpool), and with the two of them arguing and bickering the part out with each other, leading to a (temporary) breakup of sorts.
As for Woody Harrelson? He portrays the serial killer whom the symbiote Carnage latches onto (although it's never fully explained how Carnage came to be from a sliver of Venom), alongside Naoime Harris's Shriek, who surprised me right at the start of the film in that she is a mutant. In the Spiderman Shared Universe
All in all, I have to say, I *think* this is an improvement on the first, but it is a close call.
Blood Bound (Youkai Bloodlines #3)
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Two hundred years can strain even the seemingly eternal love of the youkai. When Hideyoshi’s...
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The Dream is Over: London in the 60s, Heroin, and John and Yoko
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Author Dan Richter took a year's leave of absence as lead performer at the American Mime Theatre and...
Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War
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In this wide-ranging and acclaimed book, Stephen F. Cohen challenges conventional wisdom about the...
Sophie Calle: And So Forth
Sophie Calle and Marie Desplechin
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Throughout her career, the photographer and installation artist Sophie Calle has been creating...
Arsenic and Adobo
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The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes—one that...
Sassy Brit (97 KP) rated The One That Got Away in Books
Jun 5, 2019
I’d say it is also a cautionary tale and that should make anyone considering even contemplating adultery to think twice about the consequences of playing with fire! Take George for example, who gets his fingers truly burnt when he goes after Stella despite being a married man. I loved it how he was just too conceited to see what was happening right under his very nose! But who is manipulating who? George has his own agenda.
Childhood sweethearts Stella and George have a history and they’re about to continue where it left off.
This cleverly written dark and twisted story that is probably one of the first books I have read in which I didn’t like either of the main characters, (and I think that is the point) yet I still found the story thrilling! Who to emphasise with? It’s a light read with short chapters which helped increase the speed I read this.
Cyn Armistead (14 KP) rated Gunmetal Magic (Kate Daniels, #5.5) in Books
Mar 1, 2018
This is the first novel to focus on Andrea Nash, Kate Daniels' best friend. Exposed as a shapeshifter, she's been kicked out of the Order. She had just chosen to obey orders from a superior officer instead of fighting with the Pack, which led to a breakup with her lover Raphael. Now she has to rebuild her life from a shattered ruin.
Andrea is a fascinating character, abused repeatedly in her terrible childhood and raised to be ashamed of and hide her shapeshifting nature. Her relationship with Raphael is informed by their bouda nature, but her human side isn't left out by any means.
I particularly enjoy the part that Atlanta plays in Andrews' books, but as a near-native Atlanta I'm bound to be biased in that respect.
This volume and the bonus novella "Magic Gifts" are definitely worthwhile reading for any fan of the Kate Daniels series.