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A Clash of Lions (100 Years War, book 2)

AJ MacKenzie

5.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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1346: Sent back to England in the wake of the tremendous victory at Crécy, Simon Merrivale is at...

Creation Lake

Rachel Kushner

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Seductive and cunning American spy-for-hire Sadie Smith has been sent by her mysterious but powerful...

Sean Farrell (9 KP) rated The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August in Books

Mar 15, 2018

What an amazing book! I was intrigued by the rather minimal plot synopsis on the jacket and so had to check this book out, and I am very glad I did. I found the principal character of Harry August to be engaging and interesting and quite enjoyed all the ancillary characters as well, but it was the plot that really hooked me on this one. Without giving anything away I'll just say that it involves reincarnation, time travel, quantum physics, espionage, world history, revenge, and in its own weird way, love. It is somewhat unfair to pigeonhole the book into the science fiction category, as it is really somewhat more of a cat-and-mouse suspense story, although seeing as the plot spans several decades, repeatedly, it does seem as though sci-fi could be the best fit. No matter where you would categorize though, this is easily my favorite read of the year so far, and quite possibly one of my favorite books of all time. Absolutely brilliant.

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Andy K (10823 KP) rated Red Sparrow (2018) in Movies

Dec 30, 2018

Red Sparrow (2018)

2018 | Mystery, Thriller

6.8

(52 Ratings)

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Clever espionage thriller

While Jennifer Lawrence may not be my favorite (or I haven't seen a lot of her films), I thought she held her own and did an amicable job (maybe the accent not so much) through this heavy plot in a slightly too long thriller.

She plays a ballet dancer who is forced t work for the government in trade for state sponsored benefits for her and her mother to continue.

The plot gets a little muddled and confusing as to who is on which side in the middle of the film. People keep switching sides or double crossing each other so it becomes hard to follow at times.

It felt like the film could've lost like 20 minutes and been more coherent and quicker paced. Having not read the book, I cannot compare it (although differing from the book does not make it worse). I'll go to my grave defending that point.

I was never bored while watching and would definitely recommend.