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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2206 KP) rated HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales! (Hidden Mickey, #1) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

While on a MouseQuest at Disneyland, Adam and Lance find what they think is Walt Disney's diary. A clue in it leads them on a quest through his life with a possible big prize at the end. This book is an example of everything that can go wrong with self-publishing. There are too many data dumps, the action is slow at times, and the characters are flat and unlikable. I'm enough of a Disney geek to enjoy parts of it, but it needed a good editor before it saw the light of day.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/06/book-review-hidden-mickey-1-by-nancy.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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Dean (6926 KP) rated Eastern Promises (2007) in Movies

Feb 25, 2018

Eastern Promises (2007)

2007 | Drama, Mystery

7.5

(4 Ratings)

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This is very similar to A Histroy of Violence with the same director (David Cronenberg) and Viggo Mortensen teaming up again. It is just as violent and possibly more bloody and graphic. The acting is of a very good standard and although it is a bit slow at times you are likely to be engrossed in the story too much to notice.
A midwife delivers the child of a young Russian girl who dies at birth. Trying to trace her relatives she gets her Russian uncle to translate her diary which only uncovers a look into the life of the Russian mafia in London. If you liked A History of Violence, The Godfather you should really like this film.

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MoMoBookDiary (20 KP) rated Misled in Books

Oct 1, 2018

Misled

C.J. Spammer | 2016

10.0

(1 Ratings)

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MoMo’s Book Diary enjoyed C.J. Spammer’s debut novel “Misled” and recommends this as a 5 star read.

I found this an emotional novel. Very gripping. I couldn’t put it down once I started – unfortunately I started reading just before going to bed and I was then up most of the night because even after I had finished the characters and the story stayed with me.

A fantastic book that takes the reader on a rollercoaster journey through the struggles of Sara who is affected by Bipolar Disorder in alternating chapters of now and then – then, being when it all went wrong.

I would like to thank CJ Spammer for the opportunity to read and review this novel.

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Diary of a Madman (1963) in Movies

Mar 31, 2020 (Updated Mar 31, 2020)

Diary of a Madman (1963)

1963 | Classics, Horror

7.0

(4 Ratings)

Movie Rating

The Evil Within: Evil Spirit Inside

Diary of a Madman - is a good psychological thriller that started Vincent Price.

The Plot: When Judge Simon Cordier (Vincent Price) goes to see Louis Girot (Harvey Stephens), a prisoner he sentenced to death, the criminal insists he is not guilty and that he is inhabited by an evil spirit. Cordier dismisses Girot's claims, but he becomes unnerved when Girot lights himself on fire to supposedly end the demonic possession. After the visit, Cordier, beset by insomnia, begins to have odd visions and starts to wonder if Girot might have been telling the truth after all.

Its psychologically twisted, horrorfying, terrorfying and overall a good movie.