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Deborah (162 KP) rated Tides of War in Books

Dec 21, 2018

I found this novel took a while to get in to, when I did I quite enjoyed it, but I'm not sure it's something that's going to stay with me.

The novel takes place predominantly during the Peninsular War, following both some of the soldiers and seeing how those in England cope with the situation. There were quite a few characters and quite a lot going on; I did feel that we never really got deep enough into any of the characters to really know them - really, my favourite was Racket the dog! It was the sort of book where I wanted to see how it ended, but didn't care enough about the characters to feel much about what happened to them - I felt they wren't developed enough and had revealed enough to the reader to earn my sympathy

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Kaz (232 KP) rated I Am Legend (2007) in Movies

Jul 21, 2019 (Updated Jul 21, 2019)

I Am Legend (2007)

2007 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

7.4

(35 Ratings)

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A Good Film

Whilst I don't think this is as dark or delves as much into human psyche and the fight for survival as the original book by Richard Matheson does, I do think that this is a very good film.

Will Smith plays an emotive, believable role. I particularly liked the interaction he has with Sam, his dog. This has a lot of emotional moments, and a few jump scares too

The only negatives I could comment on about this film, are firstly, I didn't like the C.G.I 'infected'. They looked too fake to be scary. Also, I thought the ending to this film was a bit rushed.

Whilst there are some changes from the book, I do think that this is a really good film adaptation

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Eleanor (1463 KP) rated Dying Light (Logan McRae #2) in Books

Feb 6, 2020

Dying Light (Logan McRae #2)

Stuart MacBride | 2006 | Crime, Fiction & Poetry, Thriller

8.3

(4 Ratings)

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A successful return of this gritty Scottish police procedural.

I feel I could just copy a lot from my review of the first book in this series; Cold Granite. This was like tuning in to the second series of a program you liked and they haven’t changed much - thankfully. We still have a gloomy atmosphere but this time we are facing an arsonist and a dog killer so still horrific on the crime front. We have a police investigation, some internal politics and a bit of banter. All feels very BBC post 9pm drama and I loved listening to Steve Worsley’s narration in the audiobook version.

We do get a lot more of DI Steel in this book and this is welcome as she’s a vivid character. Can’t wait for the next season oh wait book I meant next book……….