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Michelle (114 KP) rated The Secret Life of Bees in Books

Mar 24, 2018  
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.4 (68 Ratings)
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Read this book in our book group last year. about a young girl who wins her classes spelling bee and ends up taking part in other spelling bees outwith her class and cause she won those as well her father keeps her spelling more and more words and entering spelling bees all over to the extent the girl feel forced by her father to enter them and not just enter them but to win them as well that she feels pressurised all the time.
  
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Phillip McSween (751 KP) rated The Girl With All the Gifts (2017) in Movies

Mar 22, 2018  
The Girl With All the Gifts (2017)
The Girl With All the Gifts (2017)
2017 | Drama
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7.5 (30 Ratings)
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In the midst of a zombie outbreak, a special military agency is studying a select group of kids who can manage to control when they "turn". When their base falls to zombies, a small group escapes, including a little girl zombie by the name of Melanie (Sennia Nanua). The group must rely on each other to survive the threats waiting for them at every turn.

The Girl With All the Gifts grabs you with intrigue right from the start as you ask yourself why the kids are guarded so heavily. You quickly come to find out the reason. The film is action-packed, loaded with excellent thrilling scenes that keep you engaged. The scenes can be extremely tense in moments like one scene where the group has to walk quietly through a herd of zombies without being detected. It's definitely an original spin on a zombie film as it centers around the little girl Melanie who's innocent, but also a monster of sorts.

So with all these positive things to say, why didn't I ultimately like the film? The ending absolutely killed it for me. Not only did I not see the value in the resolution, I thought it didn't really match Melanie's character. Based on everything we knew about her up to that point, why make that move? Wasn't on board, not by a long shot.

I thought The Girl With All the Gifts had great potential and achieved it in some spots, but feel just short of being what it should have been. I give it a 65.