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Roxanne (13 KP) rated You Are So Undead to Me (Megan Berry, #1) in Books
Nov 14, 2018
<b>2 Star Rating</b>
I picked this one up from the library because it sounded good and I love books about zombies.
The idea is fantastic! It's original in the sense that it's about zombies crying out for help and needing assistance with their unfinished business rather than trying to eat your brains...I liked that.
Unfortunately for me the idea just didn't come together. I found the MC to be very annoying and the plot was continuously battered due to her wanting to be popular...it was just one big popularity contest. I found the other characters rather shallow and were immensely over shadowed by the MC. Just by looking at the front cover I should of expected that whole American high school princess drama but I guess I didn't expect it to be that bad.
So much could of been done with such a fantastic idea, it just wasn't for me.
I picked this one up from the library because it sounded good and I love books about zombies.
The idea is fantastic! It's original in the sense that it's about zombies crying out for help and needing assistance with their unfinished business rather than trying to eat your brains...I liked that.
Unfortunately for me the idea just didn't come together. I found the MC to be very annoying and the plot was continuously battered due to her wanting to be popular...it was just one big popularity contest. I found the other characters rather shallow and were immensely over shadowed by the MC. Just by looking at the front cover I should of expected that whole American high school princess drama but I guess I didn't expect it to be that bad.
So much could of been done with such a fantastic idea, it just wasn't for me.
J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World: Movie Magic: Volume 1: Extraordinary People and Fascinating Places
Book
Featuring all eight Harry Potter movies and the upcoming movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find...
Wieland
Book
Penned by the skilful hand of Charles Brockden Brown, Wieland was one of the first American Gothic...
Joe Elliott recommended Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols by The Sex Pistols in Music (curated)
David McK (3569 KP) rated Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998) in Movies
Aug 15, 2021 (Updated Jun 29, 2025)
First of the TV movie adaptations of CS Forester's famous nautical hero Horatio Hornblower, taking it's main inspiration and plot from the earliest (set, if not released) of those books when Hornblower had just joined the navy.
Ant, therein, I found, lies my biggest problem with the film: Ioan Gruffudd (back before Hollywood came calling - he was Mr Fantastic from the original Fantastic Four movies, remember) is simply too old for the part!
That's not to say that he doesn't give it his all, or even manage to fully inhabit the role: just that, in this one at least, I couldn't get over the fact that Midshipmen were only supposed to be in their very early teens (11, 12, thereabouts), and yet here we have an actor in his mid 20s (at the time of recording) playing a 17 year old - and even 17, to me, seems too old to be a Midshipman during the period portrayed.
Ant, therein, I found, lies my biggest problem with the film: Ioan Gruffudd (back before Hollywood came calling - he was Mr Fantastic from the original Fantastic Four movies, remember) is simply too old for the part!
That's not to say that he doesn't give it his all, or even manage to fully inhabit the role: just that, in this one at least, I couldn't get over the fact that Midshipmen were only supposed to be in their very early teens (11, 12, thereabouts), and yet here we have an actor in his mid 20s (at the time of recording) playing a 17 year old - and even 17, to me, seems too old to be a Midshipman during the period portrayed.
Lizzie Jeffreys (2 KP) rated Red Hood and the Outlaws: Volume 5 in Books
Nov 19, 2017
With gorgeous artwork, emotional writing, action packed fighting scenes and unnerving plot twists, the fifth volume of this fantastic comic series will leave readers on the edge of their seats and gasping for more.
Unfortunately one of the more underrated of DC's series, Red Hood and the Outlaws is perfect for those who appreciate dark humour, magic, and love in all its forms; as well as gratuitous well-earned and specacular butt whoopings.
Unfortunately one of the more underrated of DC's series, Red Hood and the Outlaws is perfect for those who appreciate dark humour, magic, and love in all its forms; as well as gratuitous well-earned and specacular butt whoopings.
Clare Parrott (294 KP) rated Reckless River (Men of Mercy #3) in Books
Nov 21, 2017
5 Fantastic Stars. This is the first I've read by this author and even though it's book 3 of the series I didn't feel that I'd missed anything vital. The action started nearly straight away and it just didn't stop. Love the love, hate relationship between Jared and Sparrow and can you blame him after what he thinks shes done. If I could award more stars I would. Just bought the rest of the series.
Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) shared own list
Nov 22, 2017
These apps can help and should be as much a part of your family's disaster preparedness kit as a flashlight and first aid supplies.
Find My Family, Friends, Phone
Social Networking and Lifestyle
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Life360 is the world's leading realtime, location-sharing app, and is the best way to coordinate...
Be Ready by Canadian Red Cross
Weather and Education
App
House fires, floods, power outages, and even catastrophic earthquakes – whatever the disaster, the...
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Samuel Byrne (31 KP) rated Broadchurch - Season 3 in TV
Apr 22, 2017
New type of storyline to previous seasons (5 more)
Fantastic acting. Especially from Tennant and Coleman
Twist upon twist left you guessing
Kept the Culprit secret until the final epeisode
Ended on a positive note, leaving it open to a renewal in the future
A true return to form
Lacked some of the conviction of season one (1 more)
Had a hard job of matching it's previous seasons success. Just slightly missing the mark
A fitting final season
Ashleigh (9 KP) rated Looking for Alaska in Books
May 25, 2017
Another John Green Bestseller
Looking for Alaska was an excellent book that grabbed my attention so much that I finished it in a day! This book gave me so many emotions; I was on a feel roller coaster until the very end. My favourite character was Alaska. Like all John Green books, I have read this is a fantastic read, I would recommend to many. Although, heads up the almost end broke my heart.