Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Short Stories #2
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The second collection of short stories actually consists of one long, and two short tales. The first...
Sherlock Holmes and the Remaining Improbable
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The Game is not afoot and the Better-Ever-Day World of 1895 is gone, even hard to recall as WWI...
Mystery
The Last
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Breaking: Nuclear weapon detonates over Washington Breaking: London hit, thousands feared dead ...
Nuclear War Science Fiction Mystery
Last Breath
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The fantastic prequel to The Good Daughter, the stunning new standalone from the No. 1 bestselling...
The Monastery Murders
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Their lives are ones of quiet contemplation—and brutal murder. Christmas Eve, 1176. Brother...
Search for Senna (Everworld #1)
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There is a place that shouldn’t exist. But does. And there are creatures that shouldn’t exist....
The Girl in the '67 Beetle
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The art director of Kids Press, Amy Shepherd has been assigned to reinvent the story of Goldilocks,...
Contemporary Romance
LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated Meet the Fockers (2004) in Movies
Mar 9, 2022
Barbara Streisand and Dustin Hoffman are welcome additions as the Focker parents, and their liberal lifestyle works at odds with Jack Byrne's uptight nature. It provides the bulk of the funny moments this time around.
The plot is essentially the same as the first film, just set in Miami, and as such follows a predictable beat, but it's a safe one that provides an easy watch, backed by some reliably pleasant Randy Newman music.
An inferior sequel then, but one that serves its purpose. An easy re-watch option for when you've been scrolling through Netflix for far too long.
David McK (3540 KP) rated Skulduggery Pleasant in Books
Jan 26, 2024
I read (or heard) somewhere that this was attempting to be the heir to the Harry potter crown, and I can definitely see the similarities: a secret world alongside our own full of magic, where a dark sorcerer wants to gain control over the mortal world, and where a young pre-teen is introduced to the world and has (to them) unknown connections to it already, and some unpleasant relatives...
However, unlike the Harry Potter series, this is primarily set in and around Dublin (rather than London) - and so, to me, is closer to home - while the home life of the protagonist is far more settled: she's not an orphan, and lives with her family.
I also found Skulduggery Pleasant to be more of an interesting character than Dumbledore, as well as playing a far larger role in the proceedings.
Finally, I may yet read more of these.