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Alice Walker recommended Their Eyes Were Watching God in Books (curated)

 
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry
7.8 (6 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"Reading Their Eyes for perhaps the eleventh time, I am still amazed. .. that it speaks to me as no novel, past or present, has ever done; and that the language of the characters, that ‘comical nigger dialect’ that has been laughed at, denied, ignored, or ‘improved’ so that white folks and educated black folks can understand it, is simply beautiful. There is enough self-love in that one book – love of community, culture, traditions – to restore a world. Or create a new one."

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AJaneClark (3962 KP) rated HANNA in TV

Aug 20, 2019  
HANNA
HANNA
2019 | Thriller
8
7.1 (11 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
Good cast (1 more)
Lots of action
Can be confusing (1 more)
Predictable in places
Binge worthy
Based over a series of 8 episodes, the drama and action packed show follows a young girl called Hanna. Raised in the woods with no outside influences, the world is suddenly thrust upon her when she becomes overly curious and breaks the rules! Expect guns, fight scenes, and teenage temper tantrums. I thought the casting was great, the dialect was so so and some parts slightly predictable. Worth a watch
  
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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Paradise Lost in Books

Oct 10, 2017 (Updated Oct 10, 2017)  
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
John Milton, Barbara K. Lewalski | 2011 | Essays
6
7.7 (6 Ratings)
Book Rating
Better to read carefully otherwise hard to concentrate
Listened on Audible.co.uk.
While Milton's classic fails to live up to Dante's Inferno, it's still an interesting listen. Admittedly I completely switched off listening, it requires careful reading to understand some of the old dialect - similar to accessing Shakespeare without any context. I can vouch for reading as a fan of Shakespeare, Dante and Chaucer.

The in-between explanations barely scratched the surface. The obvious irritating misogynistic aspect was also a big turn-off although understandably rehashing some fundamental themes of the Bible. Overall, sinfully boring to listen to.
  
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