Smashbomb

Search

Search results

All (2890)

Content

Same Words, Different Language: An Updated Guide for Improved Gender Intelligence at Work

Barbara Annis

(0 Ratings) Rate It

Book

Barbara Annis, the world's leading corporate gender specialist, believes that men and women don't...

Owen's Journey: The True Story of a Little Boy's Fight Against Cancer

Karen Harmsworth

(0 Ratings) Rate It

Book

Owen's Journey is a true story about a young boy's fight against cancer, written by his mum Karen...

Chloe (778 KP) rated After Life in TV

Jun 27, 2020

After Life

2019 | Comedy, Drama

8.1

(26 Ratings)

TV Show Rating

Ricky Gervais (4 more)

Story

Funny

Sad

Interesting/unusual characters

Love all the highs and lows

This has to be one of the great netflix series at the moment that will hopefully be loved by all for a long time.

I live the fact that it is a close up look into grief, something that can sometimes be overlooked or over dramatised in modern stories.

Each episode is a whirlwind of emotions. The highs and low juxtaposition one another so well, making each one seem better/worse than it would if they weren't coupled.

Some excellent characters that work really well together and create the highs/loss throughout.

Joe Wilkinson is something else, absolute dynamite of a man.

Kudos

Britt Daniel recommended Solaris Soundtrack by Cliff Martinez in Music (curated)

"A lot of people didn’t like it, but I loved Steven Soderbergh’s remake of the Russian film Solaris from the minute I saw it. I like it more than the original. I never paid too much attention to soundtrack music before that, but as soon as I heard that one in the theater I was just like, “What the fuck is this?” If you looked at my iTunes playlist, this soundtrack might be the most played album on my computer. It’s like experimental ambient music that still really involves your emotions. You could draw a line from this soundtrack to “The Ghost of You Lingers” from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, which came out around this time."

Source

Kudos

TravelersWife4Life (31 KP) rated War-Torn Heart in Books

Feb 24, 2021

》A lovely story set in the 1940's. It is a unique story in that it focuses on the thoughts, actions and emotions of the people left state side. I thought it was an encouraging and thought provoking book, and it really didnt gloss over different aspects of being newly in love which I appreciated as it made the book more realistic than some :) . I truly enjoied reading this book even though at first I wasn't sure that i'd like it. I do recommend reading it, as it has a ver believable perspective. I volunteered to read this book in return for my honest feed back, the opinions expressed within are my own.

Kudos

Alice (117 KP) rated History Is All You Left Me in Books

Mar 3, 2021

History Is All You Left Me

Adam Silvera | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

7.3

(6 Ratings)

Book Rating

I love everything Adam Silvera comes up with and every time it's soul destroying, He so carefully creates his characters and you feel their emotions and heartache and damn does he know how to make you feel. As soon as I read the summary I knew that this was the book for me, it had everything I love in fiction and it didn't disappoint. It's raw and honest from the first age to the last page and even though you find out about the history and present simultaneously you're still constantly uncovering things you didn't expect. He also handles the topic of OCD very well, it's not romanticized and it's portrayed as very very real.

Kudos

Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Take (Temptation, #2) in Books

Jan 6, 2021

I was a little wary of reading this since I liked the first but didn't love it.

But this. This I loved. The emotions between Logan and Tate were explosive. The wanting of both of them to make it into more than just sex, to make it into a full relationship, to go public. It melted me and my soft, hopeless-romantic heart.

I cried, I wanted to throw my Kindle, I smiled, I 'aah'ed.

It was a bit of a rollercoaster what with religious parents and past, painful relationships but they came through it all in the end stronger than ever.

What a way to end! I need the third book now!

Kudos

Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated If There's No Tomorrow in Books

Jan 7, 2021

If There's No Tomorrow

Jennifer L. Armentrout | 2017 | Contemporary, Young Adult (YA)

6.0

(1 Ratings)

Book Rating

Liked it but didn't love it

I liked this but failed to be pulled into it completely. Her retelling of the scene and what led up to it and her emotions being all up in the air didn't hit me as hard as they could have. If I'd been fully into the story, I'd have been crying my eyes out.

As for her romance with Sebastian. Well, I liked him a lot but I never understood the self sacrificing behaviour female characters can do sometimes where they push the guy they like/love away. What is with that?

Never the less, I did enjoy this just not as much as some of JLA's other books.