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The Bride Test

Helen Hoang

9.3 (3 Ratings) Rate It

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Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when...

Spirit Fall (The Guardians #1)

Tessa McFionn

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After a year-long depression following the murder of her fiancé, Siobhan Whelan stands on a bridge,...

Paranormal Romance

Home Safe

Elizabeth Berg

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In this new novel, beloved bestselling author Elizabeth Berg weaves a beautifully written and richly...

Uncharted

Erin Cashman

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Seventeen-year-old Annabeth prefers the fantasy of her books and paintings to reality—because in...

Benevolent

Erin A. Jensen

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A story about the purpose of life, the healing power of fandom, and the resilience of the human...

urban fantasy angels grief death

Early Departures

Justin A. Reynolds

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Justin A. Reynolds, author of Opposite of Always, returns with another charming and powerful YA...

Bob Mann (459 KP) rated Star Trek III - The Search for Spock (1984) in Movies

Sep 28, 2021

Why mess with a winning formula? Most of the original cast return for this next outing – with Robin Curtis stepping in for Kirstie Alley who “didn’t want to get typecast”. And the story continues from where we left off. But it all feels more forced this time. There are various absurdities in the story that make things very convenient! There are also things that make you say “hang on a minute” from Star Trek II. (For example, McCoy just stands there without objection in the funeral scene! Wouldn’t a “wait a minute” at that point have saved an AWFUL lot of grief??!).

Christopher Lloyd is wonderfully over the top as the Klingon commander, making a very believable baddie. And he really is a villain, allowing Shatner the opportunity to test his acting range (unfortunately, he singularly fails): “You Klingon bastard, you killed my son…. You Klingon bastard, you killed my son”.

Overall, it’s not a total disaster, but it all feels lacklustre and lazy after the glory of the Wrath of Khan. It makes you wonder what might have been if Nicholas Meyer had stayed at the helm to direct it instead of Nimoy.