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Ovia Baby Development Tracker

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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated David Copperfield in Books

Oct 10, 2017 (Updated Oct 11, 2017)

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry

6.6

(5 Ratings)

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How trauma can be overcome through determination

David Copperfield is written in the perspective of him narrating his experiences as a child, in which his stepfather and sister treat him cruelly, eventually sending him away to a boarding school. Similar to Cinderella, his mother dies leaving him neglected by his family, hence he begins his search for his father’s sister, Miss Betsey Trotwood.

His life consists of moving from one place to another, literally walking the length of England, much like Oliver Twist, attempting to find a place in the world. Dickens', as in his other works, explores how hardships can force a child to become independent and successful. It's terribly sad once again, so you'll need something lighthearted afterwards.

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MissCagey (2652 KP) rated We're The Millers (2013) in Movies

Oct 24, 2017

We're The Millers (2013)

2013 | Comedy, Crime

7.1

(34 Ratings)

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Good fun

All good fun and I found myself chuckling on occasion. With Jason Sudeikis starring I knew there'd be some bawdy humour, as evidenced by the showing of a swollen testicle and one of the other characters referring to her sex life as "throwing a hotdog down a hallway". I don't particularly like that puerile stuff but putting it aside this film was entertaining enough as we watch 4 acquaintances become a pretend family who then develop a warmth and love for each other, all the while trying to transport marijuana in an RV from Mexico to America whilst being pursued by a drug boss. It's not cerebral in anyway so just an easy watch.

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Haley Mathiot (9 KP) rated The Mountain Can Wait in Books

Apr 27, 2018

The Mountain Can Wait

Sarah Leipciger | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry

2.0

(1 Ratings)

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I felt like this book was going to be an epic journey of self discovery and redeeming family and resolving past mistakes, but it was more like reading the journal of a boring person. A person with an interesting life, mind you, but the person himself was boring. I can’t even remember the main character’s name. It felt disconnected and random, jumping around and telling snapshots and things that happened, but no real plot. A bunch of things does not equal plot.

I felt this way the first time I tried listening to it, and so I put it down. Then one Saturday I was bored so I tried again and I got the same vibe, so I quit. I got about 6 or 8 chapters in.

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Bob Mann (459 KP) rated Tell It to the Bees (2019) in Movies

Jul 23, 2019

Tell It to the Bees (2019)

2019 | Drama, Romance

6.5

(2 Ratings)

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Acting, especially by Holliday Grainger (1 more)

Sense of time and feel of the movie

Scottish accent in dialogue made it difficult to hear the lines in places (0 more)

A Bee Movie with a sting in the tale

It’s 1952 . Many married men have come back from the war forever changed. Life is financially tough for most families. In particular, attitudes to multi-racial relationships and (particularly) homosexuality are appalling, and never more so than in the small Scottish mill town where the film is set. The film charts a love story of two women thrown together due to a family break-up.

Full review is on One Mann's movies here - https://bob-the-movie-man.com/2019/07/16/one-manns-movies-film-review-tell-it-to-the-bees-2019/