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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Adnan's Story in Books

Jul 25, 2017

Adnan's Story

Rabia Chaudry | 2016 | Biography

8.3

(3 Ratings)

Book Rating

Gripping, more explosive claims after Serial

First of all, you must listen to Serial before attempting to listen to this otherwise it makes absolutely no sense. This is an extension from the original podcast and even an expansion in terms of all the claims.

While the author obviously has vested interests in this and there are times of bias, it makes Adnan's story even more personable and the potential allegations of police corruption even more harrowing.

In Serial, the creator briefly mentions Rabia so it's interesting to see her perspective and also how she felt Adnan and the wider community including his family were wronged. She also brings in the social aspect and how the Muslim community as a whole were portrayed in a negative light. Gripping for true crime fans.

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Shayde (75 KP) rated Cards Against Humanity in Tabletop Games

Jun 18, 2018 (Updated Jun 19, 2018)

Cards Against Humanity

2009 | Adult, Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Print & Play

8.2

(114 Ratings)

Tabletop Game Rating

Hilarious game (4 more)

Great in large groups

You can play for hours

Expansion Packs

Easy to set up & play

What's written on the cards (1 more)

Need at least 4 people really

Wild

I love this game. It's just a simple, black and white card game, but it is one of the best games out there. It's dirty, it's wild, it's weird, and it's sometimes just plain wrong, but it is a hilarious party game from start to finish. It really works well when all your friends have the same horrid sense of humor, and it's best when you get just the right card at just the right time. Maybe not the best to play with your family (mostly parents and much younger siblings), and I say that as someone who does occasionally.

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Ross (3284 KP) rated Downsizing (2017) in Movies

Oct 18, 2018

Downsizing (2017)

2017 | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

6.0

(47 Ratings)

Movie Rating

The idea behind this film (in order to save the world from mankind's expansion and overuse of resources, Norwegian scientists master the science of shrinking, and with humans being a fraction of their size the planet can start to recover) was excellent. However this did not translate into a good film. Matt Damon tries his best to portray the man looking for a new start post-downsizing, adding humour and charm, but is not enough to carry a script that just didn't know what it wanted to do.
While the film managed to show that some facets of humanity will still carry on post-shrinking (we need working class people to run the utopia so we have tiny shanty towns) and add an element of satire, it was not a cohesive film.

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Naomi Forrest (42 KP) rated 221B Baker Street: The Master Detective Game in Tabletop Games

Jan 1, 2019

221B Baker Street: The Master Detective Game

1975 | Deduction, Murder & Mystery, Book

8.0

(5 Ratings)

Tabletop Game Rating

Great clues and puzzles, need to solve case (0 more)

Not the shortest game (0 more)

My favourite board game

Bought this for my hubby at Xmas, it looked intriguing. Think cluedo but each game has a different case to be solved. You have to visit different places such as the bank, the chemist, etc and discover clues about the case that is taking place. The first one to solve the case and get back to Baker Street is the winner, provided they have the correct solutions.

It is a lot more challenging than cluedo and you need to be strategic about where you are going to visit first. I love that it requires so much thought. This game has 75 cases but there is an expansion pack with 50 more cases available.