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William Finnegan recommended The Waves in Books (curated)

 
The Waves
The Waves
Virginia Woolf, Kate Flint | 2000 | Fiction & Poetry
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"'The waves fell; withdrew and fell again, like the thud of a great beast stamping.” Woolf’s strangest book by far, a cascade of gorgeous monologues, six friends meeting over the course of their lives. The characters emerge through their voices, through the eyes of the others. Each suffers separately. Loss, loneliness, depression vibrate on the page, among the indelible images, all within a frame of stunning brief descriptions of the sun’s passage and the sea’s pounding. It’s partly the twilight of the British Empire, but mostly a brooding meditation on language and love. Bernard, the writer, delivers the great summation. Nothing happens except life."

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ClareR (5854 KP) rated Edge of The Grave in Books

May 16, 2023  
Edge of The Grave
Edge of The Grave
Robbie Morrison | 2021 | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
These are the mean, violent streets of Glasgow in 1932. It’s a time when police officers like DI Jimmy Dreghorn and his man-mountain ex-Olympic wrestlerDS Archie McDaid get the results that are needed in the way that is necessary.

Corruption is rife, as is poverty and unemployment (it’s the Depression). Everyone is out for themselves - and that includes the police.

This is a hard, gritty read, not for the faint hearted, but compelling nonetheless. I was gripped from start to finish, and I’ve spotted that there’s more to come from Dreghorn and McDaid in a second book - it’s on my wish list already!
  
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David McK (3547 KP) rated Thunderbolts (2024) in Movies

May 18, 2025 - 4:55 PM  
Thunderbolts (2024)
Thunderbolts (2024)
2024 | Action, Adventure
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Newest - at the time of reviewing - entry in the MCU, with Florence Pugh taking the lead (and with David Harbour mostly providing the comic relief), suffering from depression after the loss of her sister (Black Widow) and listlessly going about her assignments, until she finds herself ensnared in a death trap and forced to team-up with a similar group of misfits (and Bob) to escape.

I have to say, I found this one of the more enjoyable MCU movies in their recent post-Endgame run; found myself emphasising quite a bit with some of the characters (Bob) and appreciated the message behind it all.