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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Blood on the Tracks: Sydney Rose Parnell Series, Book 1 in Books

Jul 27, 2017  
Blood on the Tracks: Sydney Rose Parnell Series, Book 1
Blood on the Tracks: Sydney Rose Parnell Series, Book 1
Barbara Nickless | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Slightly overrated in terms of previous reviews
The idea of PTSD of war veterans is an important topic, and I understand that the author attempted to raise the issue, but the constant appearance of ghosts with not much impact on the narrator seems to trivialise the effect of trauma. She seems to have learnt to live with them.

The story itself felt too much of a mishmash of several themes from the far right to soldiers of war. It would have been better to stick to one area. I would have been more interested in hearing about Iraq and how it is more clearly linked with the current crime. It just seems to fall short in developing the major themes.
  
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Sarah (7800 KP) rated Abattoir (2016) in Movies

Aug 13, 2017  
Abattoir (2016)
Abattoir (2016)
2016 | Horror
2
3.3 (3 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Absolute nonsense
Let's face it, I wasn't expecting much from a film that had gone straight to dvd/sky but i was hoping it could be fairly enjoyable like Thirteen Ghosts or House on Haunted Hill, however this was when worse than I ever would've thought. The acting and script was awful, it was ridiculously cheesy and the plot made no sense whatsoever. Even talking it over after the film, we couldn't figure out what on earth was going on and why. There's also the fact that the plot summary gives away the main part of the film and this doesn't actually appear on screen until there's only around 20 minutes remaining. And the film's title Abattoir is a little misleading and maybe slightly misused.
  
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Sean Farrell (9 KP) rated Unbelievable: Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena from the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory in Books

Mar 15, 2018  
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Unbelievable: Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena from the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory
Stacy Horn | 2009
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Ghosts and the paranormal have always fascinated me. I keep hoping to discover that such things are real even though I can't help but doubt that they are. It is fascinating then that a major university like Duke at one time had a department focused solely on investigating the validity of these beliefs. The program and its founders have an interesting history, and it makes for a really fascinating read. I won't go into any details about what they do or don't discover, but it will certainly leave one wondering why there hasn't been more serious research into the fields these scientists were looking at since the program's end. Anyone who is even remotely curious about the supernatural should check this book out.
  
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Sarah (7800 KP) rated Winchester (2018) in Movies

Dec 9, 2018  
Winchester (2018)
Winchester (2018)
2018 | Mystery
4
6.4 (17 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Dull and predictable
I’m surprised that someone as talented as Helen Mirren would stoop to being in this, it’s really well below her abilities. As a scary/horror film, Winchester is sadly nothing new. It’s entirely predictable, pretty boring and the scares are not very scary at all. I can’t really say anything good about it, as even the cast had very little to work with. It reminded me a little of the 13 Ghosts film, but even that was a hell of a lot better than this. I’m intrigued to know more about the actual events that the film is based on, but there are so many better horror films out there, I really wouldn’t bother with this one.
  
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ClareR (6062 KP) rated A Christmas Carol in Books

Jan 5, 2019  
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, Robert Ingpen | 1843 | Children
10
8.6 (84 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is a story that will never get old
The first time I read this, I only gave it 3.5/ 5, and I really don't know why! I think that reading it in the serialised, Pigeonhole platform really helped, to be honest. It gave me time to think about what I'd read, and the comments from fellow readers really helped me to understand those parts (historical, mainly) that I'd previously struggled with. It's a great story of a mans transformation and his realisation that he really isn't a nice person. To live as he does, is to live a lonely, unfulfilling life. The ghosts show him his potential, both in the past and in the future, and hold his present up to him to confront.
  
    Puzzle Magic - Kids

    Puzzle Magic - Kids

    Education and Games

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    Welcome to Puzzle Magic - a fun and educational puzzle game for children between the ages 0-4 years!...