A Childhood: the Biography of a Place
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A Childhood is the unforgettable memoir of Harry Crews' earliest years, a sharply remembered...
New York, New York (1977)
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Jimmy Doyle (Robert De Niro), an aspiring saxophone player, meets established USO band singer...
Cynthia Armistead (17 KP) rated The Assassin's Curse (The Assassin's Curse, #1) in Books
Mar 1, 2018
In any case, the two main characters are interesting and likable without being unbelievably perfect. Neither are they unbearably annoying - something I have found all too common in the YA genre lately. The plot has drawn me in and I find the world fascinating.
On to the next volume!
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The Greek House: The Story of a Painter's Love Affair with the Island of Sifnos
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When Christian Brechneff first set foot on the Greek island of Sifnos, it was the spring of 1972 and...
Turn Out the Lights by Julien Baker
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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated The Blind Assassin in Books
Mar 4, 2018
However, there is very little to laugh about in this story in which narrator Iris, at the end of her life, describes the mysterious circumstances that her sister, husband and lover all died in. Younger sibling Laura is said to have been killed after her car edged off a cliff, all the while leaving the world with a controversial novel that describes a racy affair.
Iris reveals the truth about the incidents from her perspective, which means we always see Laura as child-like and naive, while her husband Richard and his sister Winifred are portrayed as cardboard villains. With that in mind, Atwood's characters are realistic because they are all just points of view from one person. Great twists in this book.
Charlotte (184 KP) rated Catch Lili Too in Books
Feb 15, 2021
Lili isn't the easiest character to love but she grew on me. For all that she is, has been and has the potential to be, she has human traits that she never wanted. She is jaded, tired and depressed. The difference for her is that she isn't in her thirties or forties......she's thousands of years old with a past she'd like to forget.....
Catch Lili Too kept me guessing all the way through, everytime I thought I'd worked it out something else happened.....just how I like it.
The finger of suspicion spins slowly around a misfit group, casting doubts and leaving mistrust. Added in at the beginning of each chapter is a nice one liner of sarcastic humour, which I like.
A well written book that I didn't want to put down. It did exactly what it should do and pulled me into a different world......
The Origins of the World's Mythologies
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In this comprehensive book Michael Witzel persuasively demonstrates the prehistoric origins of most...
Kieran Harvey (51 KP) rated Prometheus (2012) in Movies
Jul 18, 2017
The acting is great specifically from Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshal Green and Charlize Theron and the action is great despite coming in small amounts. The whole atmosphere of this world is fantastic because it really feels genuine despite all coming from the mind of Ridley Scott but it is evident that he is very passionate about this series and that makes the film better as it feels honest and dark and legitimately tense. It has some scenes in which I found hard to watch because of the high gore/ horror levels but apart from that it starts well and it ends terrifically as well.