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AT (1676 KP) rated For the Kid I saw in my Dreams Vol. 1 in Books

Jan 3, 2020

For the Kid I saw in my Dreams Vol. 1

Kei Sanbe | 2019 | Comics & Graphic Novels

7.0

(1 Ratings)

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I loved Kei Sanbe's other manga, "Erased," so I was excited when I saw this book. After reading book 1, I feel like the story is just okay. However, I feel like the story was drug out longer than need be to set the premise. I hope it will pick up speed in the second book. I see where Kei Sanbe is probably trying to go, but I feel like the beginning focused too much on laying groundwork, and didn't have enough of a hook to reel the reader far enough in. I'll still read the second book to see if it moves forward more. It's just a slower pace so far than Erased was at this point. It's definitely Kei Sanbe's drawn characters, though. It looks like they could be in the same community as the characters from Erased.

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William Golding

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Oliver Sacks

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Jeffrey Brown

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Otway93 (580 KP) rated Holiday Inn (1942) in Movies

Dec 8, 2020

Holiday Inn (1942)

1942 | Classics, Comedy, Musical

8.1

(13 Ratings)

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Far from what I expected...

All my life I thought this was a Christmas film, yet today I when I kickstarted the Christmas viewing for this year, I found Christmas barely entered into it. Despite the appearances of DVD covers, the inclusion of the classic Bing hit "White Christmas" and "Happy Holidays", Christmas features in this very little.

Bing and Fred are incredible as always, but it felt like a pick and mix of songs relating to various holidays, including "Easter Parade", "Abraham" (an uncomfortable blackface celebration of the birth of Lincoln), and a song about firecrackers for the 4th of July.

Overall, even at only 100 minutes, the film was too long to maintain my interest, most likely due to the fact I was expecting a far more festive treat.