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Merissa (11961 KP) rated Rise of the Draman in Books

Jun 8, 2021

Rise of the Draman

Alexander Elliott | 2020 | Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)

10.0

(1 Ratings)

Book Rating

RISE OF THE DRAMAN is a collection of five stories that follow the life of a boy called Croft. Set in a land where dragons and humans live together but don't really communicate, one small boy makes a big difference.

I loved how the stories all followed on from each other, giving greater insight to Croft and his relationships not only with Rueloo but also his nestmates, his father, and his friends.

One of the best parts for me were the dragons themselves. They had just as much to learn about the humans as the humans did about them. It made for some amusing moments!

Whilst this is predominantly a young adult fantasy, I thoroughly enjoyed every word and would love to have more from Croft and Rueloo. A brilliant book that had me gripped. Absolutely recommended by me.

* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book, and the comments here are my honest opinion. *

Merissa
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Kim Pook (101 KP) rated Dismissed (2017) in Movies

May 1, 2021

Dismissed (2017)

2017 | Drama, Thriller

8.0

(1 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Surprisingly good

As soon as the movie started, I wasn't convinced as it looked very low budget and the camera work was shockingly bad. Despite Dylan Sprouse being in the poster for the movie, he is not the main focus in the beginning, it is a teacher but we do eventually learn why.
Lucas is a transfer student and joins the movie about 10 minutes in. He appears to be a very bright student, but upon talking to a fellow classmate he also has a very bad temper, which can only mean bad news for anyone who crosses him. He gets what he wants, even if he has to hurt or traumatise people in the process.... And that's just what he does to his teacher after giving him a B+ on his essy.
It starts off small like letting his car tyres down, but it spirals into much bigger things.
What started off looking like a shoddy movie, actually soon gained my interest and turned out to be pretty good.

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Kim Pook (101 KP) rated Jonathan (2018) in Movies

Dec 24, 2020

Jonathan (2018)

2018 | Drama, Sci-Fi

3.3

(3 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Known as 'Duplicate' in the uk

The movie starts with a young lad creating a video diary before going to bed. The following morning he watches a video diary of.... Himself!?! A few more videos are shown back and forth and it becomes apparent that it's not a video diary as such, but more like a way of communicating with his other personality or something, I don't know, it was just weird. He even has another bed in his room depending on his personality from that day, omg this movie was giving me a heache as I could not get my head around it.
Eventually we find out that it isn't a split personality but 2 separate brothers living in the same body, yeah that doesn't sound much better than a split personality does it! Anyway I got bored very quickly, the main character had the personality of a dish cloth. I think I would have preferrerd to watch the life of the brother who seemingly had a better personality and more interesting life, but sadly we didn't see too much of him.

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Eleanor Luhar (47 KP) rated A Light in the Attic. Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein in Books

Jun 24, 2019

I recently decided that I need to read some poetry books, and this happens to be the one that I started with. I'm also planning on reading another of Silverstein's collections, The Giving Tree. I don't really know all that much about poets or poetry, so I may have just searched Goodreads for high-rated books...

Silverstein often uses prominent, simply rhyme schemes throughout this book of poetry, making them easy to follow and popular with younger children/teens. They flow beautifully, almost rhythmically, and are all rather short. They are mostly humourous poems, with little illustrations alongside them. These illustrations, also by Shel Silverstein, are also often funny, and help us understand the point/joke being made in the related poem.

These are all pretty easy-reading poems, nothing too thought-provoking or hard to understand. Quite a nice book to read in bed, or when you just have a little time to relax. There are definitely poems in here that remind me of stories and poems from my early childhood. I think I can give his 4 stars quite easily.