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AT (1676 KP) rated The Promised Neverland: Volume 1 in Books

Dec 21, 2018

The Promised Neverland: Volume 1

Kaiu Shirai | 2016 | Comics & Graphic Novels

8.7

(3 Ratings)

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I didn't know anything about this series before I borrowed the first book from the library. I thought it was probably going to be pretty juvenile, and that I'd return it right away. However, I'm pleasantly surprised. While it is about children, the book is rated for older teens. It's funny, innocent, and cute, and then it quickly starts going in different directions that make it a bit dark, frustrating, a little creepy. The only real negative opinion that I have about it is that it seems to have a bit of a repetitive nature towards this volume's end. I'm looking forward to moving onto book two, though!

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By The Book

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Liz Pichon

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From the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Red House Children's Book Award, the Waterstones...

Do Not Lick This Book

Idan Ben-Barak and Julian Frost

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A brilliantly simple, funny, interactive picture book that introduces children to the strange,...

Nicole Fall (34 KP) rated Bossypants in Books

Jun 2, 2020

Bossypants

Tina Fey | 2012 | Biography

7.7

(7 Ratings)

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I was so excited to read this book! I LOVE Tina Fey in 30 Rock and on SNL, I found her absolutely hilarious! This book however, was not. I laughed through the Introduction and the Growing Up and Liking It chapters but that was it. I thought this book would be filled with funny stories and zinging one liners - it was not. I still love Tina Fey as an actress but as a writer, she kind-of sucks. Her writing is very choppy, the chapters don't flow together and I wasn't too impressed with all the (actual!) scripts within the pages. It took me forever to finish reading!

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Jenny Houle (24 KP) rated I Feel Bad: All Day. Every Day. About Everything. in Books

Jan 13, 2018

I received a free copy of this book for an unbiased review.

It is my opinion that the book was...okay. Women in particular will relate to the ideas that we feel bad, all day, about everything in our lives. I think men feel the same way about some of the issues in this book. There are so many things we are taught to feel guilty about and we always feel like we are pulled in too many directions. This idea is not new.

The illustrations, while funny, were not breathtaking either. Even those were sort of middle of the road, amusing but not great. The entire book was sort of "blah" for lack of a better word, though "middle of the road" applies, too.

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Caffeinated Zombie (3374 KP) rated Patient Zero (Joe Ledger, #1) in Books

Jan 8, 2019

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Brilliant writing

One of the best zombie books I've read and the start on an epic series

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Patient Zero is the first book in Jonathan Maberry's Joe Ledger series. Jonathan Maberry is a phenomenal writer, in this series he introduces us to the DMS (Department of Military Sciences) a shadow government agency formed to respond to advanced terrorist threats such as bioterrorism, alien technology etc..

In this book we meet an array of characters such as Mr Church, Aunt Sally, Top and Bunny when Joe is recruited by Mr Church to help deal with the potential release of a zombie virus. This book is thrilling, funny, and keeps the reader itching for more.

I give this book 10/10.