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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Unleashed (Mistress & Master of Restraint, #2) in Books

Jan 6, 2021  
Unleashed (Mistress & Master of Restraint, #2)
Unleashed (Mistress & Master of Restraint, #2)
Erica Chilson | 2012
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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Huh...well I enjoyed the first book in the series more, it had a more compelling storyline for me (4.5 star worthy!). This, I kinda had to read to see if Katya got her HEA after the events of the last book but it all got a little twisted for me.

There was so much sex in this compared to the last and for me, and I think for the story too, it was unnecessary. Everyone was with everyone (or it seemed like it anyway).

I was only really interested in the relationship between Ezra and Katya (and Cortez, I guess, though not as desperately as the first two) and a lot more than that happened. Weddings, fights, sex...

If this is the sort of thing that's going to continue throughout the rest of the series, then I'm not sure I'm interested.
  
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Woody Allen recommended Really The Blues in Books (curated)

 
Really The Blues
Really The Blues
Mezz Mezzrow | 2016 | Biography, Music & Dance
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"I learned over the years – by meeting legitimate jazz musicians who knew Mezzrow and the people he wrote about in the book – that this memoir was filled with apocryphal stories. But it had a great impact on me because I was learning to be a jazz clarinet player, like Mezzrow, and learning to play the idiom of music that he and Bernard Wolfe wrote about. The story, while probably just a lot of junk, was compelling for me because it was about many musicians whose work I knew and admired and the ins and outs of jazz joints that I knew about and the legendary songs that were played in the legendary nightclubs. So I had a great time reading it when my own jazz passion was forming. But I know it's not a very good or even a very honest book."

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Young Jean Lee recommended Solaris (1972) in Movies (curated)

 
Solaris (1972)
Solaris (1972)
1972 | Sci-Fi
8.4 (5 Ratings)
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"My favorite Tarkovksy film is Stalker, and it would have been number two on my list if it were part of the Criterion Collection. But Solaris is great, too. Its main characters have no qualities that interest me, and some elements in the film seem purposely absurd. The clumsy pseudo-scientific dialogue, for example, or Kelvin’s ridiculous “futuristic” outfit with its unflattering yellow mesh shirt. And yet somehow I find myself absorbed into the world of these people I don’t want to care about. The images and pacing have a hypnotic effect that causes me to be like, “Oh no, Kelvin feels bad!” even though I don’t like Kelvin. You know that old saying about how a good actor can read the phone book and make it sound interesting? I feel like Tarkovsky could make a compelling film out of the phone book."

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LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated Hostel Part II (2007) in Movies

Jan 20, 2021  
Hostel Part II (2007)
Hostel Part II (2007)
2007 | Horror
6
6.5 (12 Ratings)
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Hostel Part II is certainly an improvement on the first. Hostel feels like it was made to shock, and dare audiences to keep their eyes open. Part II isn't too dissimilar in that regard, but it feels like it has a deeper sub text this time around, and that sub text has everything to do with how women are treated within various industries, and it's really quite horrifying. Its not an overly subtle execution, but it shouldn't be, and for that, I can respect what Eli Roth is going for.

In terms of narrative, Part II doesn't just repeat the same old tricks from before. The scenario is seen from differing perspectives, and offers some interesting ideas. As far as this kind of horror goes, it certainly gives us a more compelling reason to sit through another helping of mean spirited gore.