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Vegas (725 KP) rated Ingobernable in TV

Sep 19, 2018  
Ingobernable
Ingobernable
2017 | Drama
Engrossing (2 more)
Action packed
Political conspiracy
The First Lady of Mexico is a wanted woman, wanted for the murder of her husband, the President...

A cat and mouse game between her and the authorities who want her caught and bought to justice, Determined to try and prove herself innocent and not knowing who to trust and where to turn she leaves her family behind to try and find the truth...

The story is gripping and fast paced and reminds me of 24 in some ways, you feel for the characters and get drawn into the story with enough twists to keep it interesting. This is one of the better political thrillers of recent times.
  
The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #6)
The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #6)
Laurell K. Hamilton | 2002 | Paranormal
9
8.3 (6 Ratings)
Book Rating
interesting characters, plot development, romantic progression (0 more)
repeat dialogue and grammatical errors (0 more)
I honestly think this book has been the best in the series. I'll repeat my normal complaint that the dialogue repeating from book to book and numerous grammatical errors are rather irritating but the story progresses very well. Pretty fast paced compared to some of the others so far. Not as predictable, although some aspects I called pretty early on. Not to mention, quite a bit more relationship progress. I'm a little torn with how it ended up but excited to read on. I had no idea when I started this series that there were already 27 in the series but I'm hooked enough to continue on.
  
Lost Cities
Lost Cities
1999 | Card Game, Exploration
Mainly for non-gamers
Today I had a chance to play Lost Cities. I was quite excited by the game as the concept/rules weren't new to me. Once I played few rounds (as it is fairly quick game), it became very transparent that this game is mainly aimed as an introductory game into the gaming world for non-gamers. If you judge it on this merit, then it is a fast nifty game that anyone can enjoy with simple rules to follow. I think experienced gamers might get bored fairly quickly. For those, I would recommend the travel edition of Keltis, as the rules are similar but the strategy has much greater slope and it has great playability.
  
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Otway93 (580 KP) rated Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf in Music

Nov 10, 2019 (Updated Nov 10, 2019)  
Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf
Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf
1977 | Rock
Creativity (2 more)
Feeling
Driving Songs
Paradise by the Dashboard Light (0 more)
An absolute classic...mostly!
This will always be one of my favourite albums, always fun and memorable, featuring Meat Loaf's best known songs.


The songwriting from Jim Steinman is outstanding, and the music always has a great amount energy, whether the song is fast or slow.

For me personally, the only track that lets the album down is "Paradise by the Dashboard Light", which starts off fine, but is ruined at the point Ellen Foley comes in. Foley herself is not to blame, but at this point the song becomes repetitive and silly, particularly the part with the baseball commentary running through "bases".
  
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
2019 | Action, Adventure
I was laughing even though I wasn't meant to (0 more)
The Script (0 more)
so terrible its hilarious
Well what can I say? Netflix has just released a cartoon about Santa Klaus and that is more realistic and believable than this, a film so ridiculous I was laughing out loud all the way through. With moments like a car being attached to a helicopter and the helicopter is lifting up the car but they flip nitrous on and so the wheels start turning fast, gripping the road and thus stopping the helicopter pulling it. Erm, science?

Also the show has more holes than Swiss cheese.

My girlfriend loved it and thought it was a brilliant film.
  
This was a very quick, easy-to-read story that crossed over a lot of different genres. Not to be taken seriously as the author has mentioned, it's still enjoyabale. I feel like Jade Cooper has a lot of potential with her storytelling; however, there were a lot of grammar errors in the copy I was given. I also saw elements of fanfiction (which isn't surprising given that it features werewolves and vampires with some erotica mixed in.) I would recommend this to mature adults who need a fast novella to get out of a reading slump.


*Although I did receive this book for free through Goodreads First Reads, all of my thoughts and opinions are my own.
  
Deadpool (2016)
Deadpool (2016)
2016 | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Ryan reynolds (3 more)
Gags
Characters
The real deadpool
Too short (1 more)
Not enough crossover
Can the real Wade Wilson please stand up!
After X-Men origins I was worried when this announced as Deadpool had already been muted by Fox. Although after seeing the test footage and reading an early draft of the script I couldn't have been more excited.

This film does a really good job of introducing the character without a straight up origin story. The film is very short but the fast pace keeps you engaged and the jokes keep coming from the first second to the last.

It's one of the best superhero movies outside the MCU and better than some that are in it.
  
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saheffernan (157 KP) rated Dry in Books

Mar 28, 2020  
Dry
Dry
Neal Shusterman, Jarrod Shusterman | 2018 | Young Adult (YA)
8
7.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Reading this during the 2020 CoVid-19 Pandemic gave me a different crisis to think about. The characters were teenagers which means they made some dumb choices but it stuck to that the whole way through. Were they changed in the end yes, but only in the ways you'd expect teenagers to be they didn't suddenly become super wise and I liked that. The story kept me engaged and the suspense hit at the right points. The ending did seem to come a little fast I feel like a few more pages could have wrapped things up a little better but it doesn't take away from the story still a decent ending.
  
A Bad Day for Sunshine
A Bad Day for Sunshine
9
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is a fantastic novel! The well rounded characters, interest backgrounds and fast pace make for a can’t-put-down page turner. I enjoyed the several layers to each sub-plot and how certain people/events were connected and some were not. It takes a skilled writer to be aware of how much to include as well as how much to omit. This author is amazing! Most of the questions we, the reader, start out with in this novel are answered by the end in a way that gives us the satisfaction of “an ending” but leave enough hanging so that we are intrigued by the possibilities and will be waiting for the next installment. Great book!
  
    Spanish Verbs - Linguasorb

    Spanish Verbs - Linguasorb

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