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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) created a post

Aug 31, 2023  
My August 2023 reads!

17 reads this month it’s been a better month and I had a holiday in between which I didn’t read much as I was having time with my family.

2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
1 ⭐️⭐️
0 ⭐️
4 DNFS

My favourite book of the month was Legends & Lattes this was so fun and so refreshing! I also enjoyed The Pawn and the Puppet I’m aware it’s quite a controversial book and author but I judge by the book and I really enjoyed but.

My least favourite was The Last Cabin Girl it was a seriously confused book.

My DNFS were a little high this month I just couldn’t get on with the 4 and I’m a great believer in not reading something just for the sake of it.

Book of the month Legends & Lattes!
      
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Sassy Brit (97 KP) rated 11 Missed Calls in Books

Jun 5, 2019  
11 Missed Calls
11 Missed Calls
Elisabeth Carpenter | 2019
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
11 Missed Calls by is a cleverly told story written from several points of view, with two different timelines. We see what happens before Debbie disappears leaving her two young children behind, we also see her grownup children Anna and Robert 30 years later, as they are still struggling to come to terms with the reason their mother would just walk away from them whilst they’re away on holiday in Tenerife. During this time, Anna has become increasingly worried that there is something her family is not telling her, and she begins to do some digging around and finds a private detective to help her.

Is their mother dead, or is there another reason she walked out of their lives for good? Would you forgive your mother if she did that to YOU?

OMG! If you love books about dysfunctional families and all the drama that attracts, you should really enjoy this one. Honestly, if you think your family were crazy, try this one; They’ll suddenly look like saints and you’ll feel so much better about your life for reading this!

Carpenter captured both Debbie’s and Anna’s characters (and what they each went through), very well. I totally did not see that ending coming and I was convinced I had all the answers, right up until the very end. I also got really involved for Anna’s plight for answers, and felt for how lonely she was when she finds her husband’s love letter from another woman, which ingeniously added another twist to this family drama. Despite the holiday in Spain’s Canary Islands, this book has a very British feel to it, which stands to reason as both the author and setting are based in the north of England and it can be quite grim (weather-wise) up North! Overall this was an entertaining read, rife with family secrets, lies and surprises!

And a touch of bad weather, too.
  
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JT (287 KP) rated Starred Up (2014) in Movies

Mar 16, 2020  
Starred Up (2014)
Starred Up (2014)
2014 | Drama
8
6.5 (2 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Violent and to the point (1 more)
Great acting
Prison Isn't Suppoed To Be A Holiday Camp
Prison dramas don’t get much grittier than this. Not since Scum has there been one with as much brutal tour de force. Eric (Jack O’Connell) is ‘starred up’. A term used to describe violent young offenders moved straight into an adult prison. Once he gets inside he comes face to face with the only person that might be able to control him, his father Neville (Ben Mendelsohn).

It’s a major part of their relationship as Nev’s parental tactics involve the cruel to be kind method. It’s the only way that Eric is going to survive and the only way he will walk out in one piece. Eric finds some solace in Oliver (Rupert Friend) whose anger management sessions are a place to unleash a tirade of resentment. It places him within a group where any other individual might find themselves out of their depth – Eric takes it full on.

The film is written by Jonathan Asser, a former prison psychotherapist who worked in HMP Wandsworth. So he more than anyone can inject the film with a massive sense of realism. The prison violence can be hard to watch but you don’t find yourself turning away from the screen.

It’s not shrouded in Hollywood gloss and is shot with graphic precision. Mendelsohn’s performance is excellent playing the psycho and his delivery is spot on. Friend is also a joy to watch and a real talent. The Homeland star-making imprints into the acting elite.

However, this is very much O’Connell’s film and it’s not hard to see why he is fast becoming a standout actor. Grabbing this role in a vice-like grip he battles with his personality, the adoration from his father and a corrupt system who want him eradicated. It doesn’t paint the prison system in a particularly good light but then prison isn’t supposed to be a holiday camp.