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Debbiereadsbook (1205 KP) rated Humbug: Scrooge Before the Ghosts in Books

Nov 30, 2024 - 11:58 AM

wouldn't have enjoyed as much, had I read it.

Indpendent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted the AUDIO version of this book.

Ok, 2 things: First I've read of this author, and first I've listened to of this narrator. These two things are intertwined.

I really enjoyed this reworking of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It takes us on a more indepth and more deliciously different path that follows Scrooge from the very beginning. I'm not going to go into the storyline too much, but for spoilers, but suffices to say, I really enjoyed the path this took.

The way Whelan builds the world around Scrooge, and gets over the descriptions of the places and the peoples he comes across, is astounding and I could see myself sitting there with Scrooge. Loved the descriptions of everything.

Charles Robert Fox narrates.

Now, for the most part, narrators have American accents, and there is nothing wrong with that but I am so very glad that this narrator was used for this book. His accent is very VERY English and fits in the Victorian England setting so beautifully! He uses a much OLDER voice for Scrooge, when talkignt ot he ghosts, than he does when he is telling his story, and I love that the voice ages as the story goes on.

It goes without saying, that my enjoyment of this book would be very different had I read it, or had a different narrator been used.

I'd like to read more of this author and listen to more of this narrator's work.

4 stars for the book
4 stars for the narration

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Victoria Green (34 KP) rated X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019) in Movies

Jun 11, 2019

X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)

2019 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

5.5

(81 Ratings)

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Wow

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This movie wasn't given enough credit. From start to finish I was pulled in and was on the edge of my seat.
When raven died I was in shock. But I'm the first X-Men movies she is alive and well in the future so this confused me and also what happened to jean at the end. Obviously, she was taken over by the Phoenix force and became a powerful cosmic being. Another thing was that Charles no longer is the head teacher of the Academy and again, in the future, still is. But I'm not complaining cause it was amazing anyway.

I will probably go to see it again soon because once won't be enough for me.