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ClareR (5726 KP) rated A Passage North in Books

Jun 21, 2022  
A Passage North
A Passage North
Anuk Arudpragasam | 2021 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, Travel
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
A Passage North is a book rich in the description of a journey from the capital of Sri Lanka (Colombo) to the Northern Province, which is still affected by the Civil War.

Krishnan is on his way to the funeral of his grandmothers carer and companion. She had returned to visit her daughter in the North, and had died after tripping, falling down a well and breaking her neck. However, after we learn some of her background, there is some doubt that it’s actually accident. Rani had suffered a great deal during the war, and had been left with mental health problems. Krishnan thinks about how her losses affected her life.

Krishnan has experienced loss as well. His father during the war, and the breakup of a significant relationship that he had whilst studying in India.

There’s no dialogue in this novel, it’s all Krishnan’s thoughts about his past and present and Rani’s past. When I started reading, I honestly didn’t think I’d enjoy this. But I was happily mistaken. I’ve never been to Sri Lanka, but it sounds beautiful. The funeral was moving and was a reminder of the deaths of many, many innocents during the civil war, and also those who survived them.
This is a powerful novel, that I still think about after reading it.
  
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Dean (6926 KP) rated Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) in Movies

Jul 19, 2017  
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
2017 | Action, Adventure
7
8.1 (307 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Good action scenes (2 more)
Quite lighthearted
Links well after Capt America Civil War
Feels a bit like an Avengers spin off (0 more)
A decent entry bringing Spiderman into the Marvel universe
A good film with some big action scenes and Michael Keaton does well as the villian. Ties in nicely with the Avengers films but maybe had too many references to them. I still prefer the first Spiderman film (2002) but this a good film overall.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2206 KP) rated Antietam Assassins (Harrison Raines, #6) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
AA
Antietam Assassins (Harrison Raines, #6)
Michael Kilian | 2005
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Union spy Harrison Raines has returned home, ready to sit the rest of the Civil War out. But it's only August of 1862, and the battle is about to come to his Virginia plantation. Plus there's a murdered minister. Can Harrison figure out what is happening? Ironically, the battle slows down the book over all.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-antietam-assassins-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.