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    Half Magic (2018)

    Half Magic (2018)

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    Explores themes of female empowerment through sex, work, and friendship. These women are able to...

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Christine Allard (22 KP) rated The Animators in Books

Jan 30, 2018 (Updated Jan 30, 2018)  
The Animators
The Animators
Kayla Rae Whitaker | 2017 | Contemporary
8
8.0 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
Premise, bold female characters, Swift pace (0 more)
A story of passion, friendship, obsession, and self-discovery
Give yourself a few hours to dip into the creative world of animation—one you haven’t likely given much thought to in the past.

This novel is rich with character details and development, while holding back as much as the characters hold from themselves.


It’s an unfolding of the creative process, of friendship and love and loyalty, with a shadow of darkness and feminism. It could have become strident, but Whitaker strikes a balance of advancing the story while leaving the reader to draw their conclusions about self-exploration and the exploitation of others.
  
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Gabrielle Chanel recommended L' année dernière à Marienbad [Last Year at Marienbad] (1961) in Movies (curated)

 
L' année dernière à Marienbad [Last Year at Marienbad] (1961)
L' année dernière à Marienbad [Last Year at Marienbad] (1961)
1961 | Fantasy, Mystery
7.3 (3 Ratings)
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"After spotting a then-unknown Delphine Seyrig in a New York theater production, director Alain Resnais cast her as the female lead of his superb and enigmatic meditation on time and memory, then enlisted Chanel to transform his ingenue into a star. The exquisite gowns she designed are integral to the film’s highly influential visual design, and Chanel and Seyrig began a long-lasting friendship, united by mutual respect and their devotion to the cause of women."

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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated The Wicked Cometh in Books

Jan 1, 2018  
The Wicked Cometh
The Wicked Cometh
Laura Carlin | 2018 | Mystery, Romance
8
9.3 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
Enjoyable, easy read
Rich in atmosphere, characterisation and vocabulary, this historical fiction follows the character of Hester White, an 18-year-old living in squalid conditions in 19th century London. A carriage accident may well prove her salvation - passenger, the charismatic Calder Brock, seems determined to rescue her from the gutter, his sister Rebekah to be entrusted with her education.

Following closely in Sarah Waters' footsteps, this is a Victorian pastiche that returns to those perennials of murder, identity, prostitution and female survival. Carlin writes with fluency and conjures up a grim, dank, seedy London where the only sanctuary for our heroine is in female friendship

While this is an enjoyable read, it does feel more generic than original, and there are some clumsy tricks such as the extended death-bed confession/life-story at the end. Great for fans of Victoriana.