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Mike Birbiglia recommended When Harry Met Sally (1989) in Movies (curated)

When Harry Met Sally (1989)

1989 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

7.6

(24 Ratings)

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"C’mon. Is every scene in this movie perfect? Yes. I could watch this movie over and over on a loop. Actually, I’m pretty sure they do that on cable. It plays quite a bit. Meg Ryan is nothing short of magical in this performance. And the time lapses are, for me, what make this film really work — because we truly believe that this oil-and-water couple will stay together and they ought to. I sure hope they do in the sequel: When Harry Stayed With Sally."

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It Only Happens in the Movies

Holly Bourne

9.0 (5 Ratings) Rate It

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The greatest love story ever told doesn't feature kissing in the snow or racing to airports. It...

young adult

Sarah (7798 KP) rated Knife (Harry Hole #12) (Oslo Sequence #10) in Books

Nov 15, 2020

Entirely unnecessary

I've had this book on my shelf for quite some time but have held off on reading it purely because the synopsis sounded like it completely rewrites all of the good work in the previous few books. And I'm afraid to say that I was right.

The previous books turned Harry Hole into a rather respectable person but without losing his impressive deduction and detective skills. His life is pretty much sorted. This book completely erases that and pushes Harry back into his alcoholic mess and also ruins his relationship with Rakel. I hated this. Was it really so hard for Nesbo to write a Harry Hole book that didn't completely ruin his entire life at the same time? As even the reveal at the end of this book just further adds to my despair of how much Hole and his life has been ruined.

There are some glimpses of the well written story you'd expect from Nesbo in this, but even the writing is very convoluted and drawn out. This book is at least 100 pages longer than it needs to be and features far too much unnecessary rambling and description. If it had been cut down, it may have made the plot a little easier to absorb.

I'm probably biased by my preconceptions about the plot of this book, but i really didn't enjoy it and even started skim reading towards the end. The whole initial plot plus the surprise twist ending just completely ruins Harry Hole to the point that I really hope this is the last book.

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Erika (17788 KP) Nov 15, 2020

I think I'm going to consider Police the last Harry Hole book. I can't bring myself to read The Thirst, or Knife. I hope Nesbo moves on from Hole novels.

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Aasiyah Sidat (34 KP) rated Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts I & II: (Special Rehearsal Edition) The Official Script Book of the Original West End Production in Books

Jul 5, 2018

Another Potter

Harry Potter. The small boy with the lightning-shaped scar and the broken glasses made my childhood days magical and filled with hope that someday my letter to Hogwarts would come.

Alas my dream never came true, although every time there is post I secretly pray there is a piece of parchment sent to me by the wizarding school, apologising for it being late (11 years late!) that there was a clerical error made by one of the owls but if I would accept they would love to have me at Hogwarts.

Naturally, I would not say yes the first time...I do love being chased!

Continue reading my review at: https://www.readsandrecipes.co.uk/2016/11/another-potter.html

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The Confabulist

Steven Galloway

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How much of our lives is real and how much is an illusion? The world's gaze is focussed on the feats...

Mo (66 KP) rated Harry Potter: Wizards Unite in Apps

Jun 21, 2019

Experience the magic world (2 more)

Lots of great references to the stories

Augmented reality

Poorly implemented (2 more)

low immersion for an AR game

Highly buggy app

I looked forward to it but it did not live up to my hopes

I loved the idea of Wizards unite, since I heard of it more than a year ago, unfortunately this does not live up to what it was suggested to be. The story is poorly constructed, the app constantly struggles with interactions. The items you encounter are negligible most of the time and not worth collecting.
Seeing ingress and pokemon go from Niantic I hope this would be at least a passable harry potter experience, unfortunately it has made me free less special than I did before I got it.