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TravelersWife4Life (31 KP) rated Secret Beach Boyfriend (Merriweather Island #3) in Books
Feb 23, 2021
I loved Annie and Rafe, their chemistry was fun, engaging, and well laid out. Kari Trumbo covered some tough topics with them and integrated them in a compelling and straightforward way. From a dysfunctional family to OCD I enjoyed the dynamics of the characters and the interesting plot. A great addition to The Independence Island Series.
I give this book 4 out of 5 stars for the creative characters, the emotional tugs, and for pointing the reader back to Christ.
*I volunteered to read this book in return for my honest feedback. The thoughts and opinions expressed within are my own.
Chloe (778 KP) rated All the Light We Cannot See in Books
Apr 3, 2021 (Updated Apr 3, 2021)
The writing is so immersive, Marie- Laure's blindness allows for Anthony Doerr to really up the descriptive language and this truely helped bring the streets of Paris and Saint Malo to life for me. I love her relationship with her friends and family too.
I did not take as much of a liking to Warner, I'm not sure if this is due to the writing style changing slightly during his storyline.
The flicking between time frames is quite frustrating and I personally feel unnecessary. I found the middle third very long and slow. Plus the last third was underwhelming because it became obvious how they would meet 150 pages before they do.
I disliked that there meeting was so fleeting but I lived the simple circularity of the whole story.
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Emma @ The Movies (1786 KP) rated The Mercy (2018) in Movies
Sep 25, 2019
I'm sad to say that this film was seen mainly because it was a new and I was running desperately low on things to see. It looked like it might be interesting. But being as I'm terrible with motion sickness, the prospect of watching a film where a significant proportion was going to be bobbing up and down didn't leave my stomach with much enthusiasm.
I wasn't left with much to say about this one. Again, it seems wrong to say I didn't like a story that's based on true life events, but I came away with very little to rave about. It's an interesting insight into how competitive pressure from sponsors and the team change the way events can go, but the film itself wasn't overly memorable.