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McGhostware UK (9 KP) rated Mr. Robot - Season 1 in TV
Jun 27, 2017
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Effects and camera work is great
mmm!!!
I like a good story and especially around this Subject of hacking but I felt really let down over this show. This could be down to the fact that it is possibly aimed at a certain Audience where you would need to have some Technological background to understand it. I would possibly give it another chance in the future.
Jemma Walsh (81 KP) rated Silent Scream (D.I. Kim Stone, #1) in Books
Sep 1, 2018
Great read
I personally really enjoyed this book, I was instantly hooked into the story line, solver a murder that happened years before...
I really liked the main character Kim stone, giving us great details of why this case meant so much because of her awful past, and how strong of a woman she is now, this story is very fast paced and keeps you interested constantly and guessing who done it and will they be found out.
I really liked the main character Kim stone, giving us great details of why this case meant so much because of her awful past, and how strong of a woman she is now, this story is very fast paced and keeps you interested constantly and guessing who done it and will they be found out.
Jane Campion recommended The Lone Samurai: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi in Books (curated)
Kate (355 KP) rated You Were Gone in Books
Mar 8, 2019
Saw this when it first came out in the bookshops and thought it looked interesting, and then saw it in the library last week and remembered that it was on my to read list. Sorry but I gave up half way through, yes it is gripping and makes you what to read more than a page at a time, but as the book went on, I started thinking of all the books with the same plot line where someone just disappears suddenly. Is it the neighbour, doctor, lodger, best friend? You know it is going to be one of those and I skipped to the last few pages and found the answer but I am not going to tell you, find out yourself, you may have a different opinion.
Bubblesreview (110 KP) rated The Silent Patient in Books
Mar 13, 2019
Pros:
▪ Psychological
▪ Unexpected twist
▪ Cliff-hanger
Cons:
▪ The cliff hanger and plot twist is so intense I can't cope ?
I'm not sure where to start with this. This is the first book that has literally left me speechless. There was many moments where I gasped out loud and had to close the book to take in what I had just read. It's so psychologically twisting you get dragged into this plot and then everything you have just read gets scrumpled up and blown up into the biggest plot twist I have ever read.
One minute you feel like you know the characters well enough to suspect the ending but then all of that changes and you're left feeling sorry for some characters you once doubted and hate towards characters you once loved.
The author has written this so well and concluded it with an intense cliff hanger.
I would love to go into detail about the story but I can't physically do that without ruining the experience of actually reading it, so all I can say is, if you haven't read this then what the heck are you waiting for?
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I also just found out that this is being made into a film, this doesn't surprise me! I really hope they do it justice. This author is sensational.
▪ Psychological
▪ Unexpected twist
▪ Cliff-hanger
Cons:
▪ The cliff hanger and plot twist is so intense I can't cope ?
I'm not sure where to start with this. This is the first book that has literally left me speechless. There was many moments where I gasped out loud and had to close the book to take in what I had just read. It's so psychologically twisting you get dragged into this plot and then everything you have just read gets scrumpled up and blown up into the biggest plot twist I have ever read.
One minute you feel like you know the characters well enough to suspect the ending but then all of that changes and you're left feeling sorry for some characters you once doubted and hate towards characters you once loved.
The author has written this so well and concluded it with an intense cliff hanger.
I would love to go into detail about the story but I can't physically do that without ruining the experience of actually reading it, so all I can say is, if you haven't read this then what the heck are you waiting for?
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I also just found out that this is being made into a film, this doesn't surprise me! I really hope they do it justice. This author is sensational.
Lindsay (1717 KP) rated GenTech: An American Story of Technology, Change and Who We Really Are in Books
May 18, 2020
Did you wonder what generation you were born into? What about the Technology that made you who you are? Well, GenTech is a book that may help with that. It a book about the American story through technology.
I have found this book to be interesting. I even found it to be informational. I now know why my grandma and my mom both seem different than me. Though not by age much but by technology. Mom seems to be born during the Boomer Generation, Technology - Space Generation, and grandma was born during the Silent Generation, Technology – Radio Generation. I was born during the Millennials Generation, But my Technology – The Cable Television Generation or PC-CP Generation.
I seem to of come of age during three different Generations. As I know, I experienced the Cable Television and the PC/CP Generation and a bit of the Net Generation as well. I was born in the last month of 1986. So I am not exactly sure which Technology Generation I fall into. As my Coming of age is spaced though more than one.
Other than that. This book was enjoyable. I do believe it explain most of America and us as we try and make our world better. It does explain Generations better then laters and or what we are dubbed when we are born. I believe the technology does make us who we are and our country as well. The technology that we grow up on is what defines us more than anything else. Some historical events will define us as well.
I have found this book to be interesting. I even found it to be informational. I now know why my grandma and my mom both seem different than me. Though not by age much but by technology. Mom seems to be born during the Boomer Generation, Technology - Space Generation, and grandma was born during the Silent Generation, Technology – Radio Generation. I was born during the Millennials Generation, But my Technology – The Cable Television Generation or PC-CP Generation.
I seem to of come of age during three different Generations. As I know, I experienced the Cable Television and the PC/CP Generation and a bit of the Net Generation as well. I was born in the last month of 1986. So I am not exactly sure which Technology Generation I fall into. As my Coming of age is spaced though more than one.
Other than that. This book was enjoyable. I do believe it explain most of America and us as we try and make our world better. It does explain Generations better then laters and or what we are dubbed when we are born. I believe the technology does make us who we are and our country as well. The technology that we grow up on is what defines us more than anything else. Some historical events will define us as well.
Kate (355 KP) rated Passengers (2016) in Movies
Apr 2, 2019
Watched it again last night as had not seen it for a while, still enjoyed it. I have questions though - when the rest of the crew woke up 88 years later, yes they found a changed ship but were there descendants of the main characters on the ship or would they have found two decomposed bodies (sorry about that). Sometimes it is good to watch a film where there are only a couple of people in it because you can then get to know them whereas if you watch a fully cast film some of the characters get lost.
Kristy H (1252 KP) rated Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's Learned in Books
Feb 1, 2018
Full disclosure about my review of this book: I have always just liked Lena Dunham and harbored secret fantasies of us becoming friends. I'm sure this influenced my review somewhat. I'll admit that I would have liked to have read a bit more about how she got into the business, versus just random thoughts, but I also recognize that wasn't really the purpose of this particular book.
I also had to remind myself that Lena comes from the oversharing generation. There is a lot in this book that could potentially make you cringe, but if you know her work on <i>Girls</i> or anything else, it won't really come as a surprise. Overall, I found her writing style easy to read, and interesting, if not particularly amazing. I also enjoyed the chance to see any parallels between her life and <i>Girls</i>.
If this hadn't been an ebook I borrowed from the library, I definitely would have dog-eared some of the pages where she talks about how a woman deserves to be treated. There's certainly a lot to be learned from many of her pages, and I found a lot of what she said to be fascinating, if not disturbing, at times.
It was an easy, quick read and gave me some good insight into her life. (And I still want to be friends with her. And Lamby.)
I also had to remind myself that Lena comes from the oversharing generation. There is a lot in this book that could potentially make you cringe, but if you know her work on <i>Girls</i> or anything else, it won't really come as a surprise. Overall, I found her writing style easy to read, and interesting, if not particularly amazing. I also enjoyed the chance to see any parallels between her life and <i>Girls</i>.
If this hadn't been an ebook I borrowed from the library, I definitely would have dog-eared some of the pages where she talks about how a woman deserves to be treated. There's certainly a lot to be learned from many of her pages, and I found a lot of what she said to be fascinating, if not disturbing, at times.
It was an easy, quick read and gave me some good insight into her life. (And I still want to be friends with her. And Lamby.)
BobbiesDustyPages (1259 KP) rated It Comes At Night (2017) in Movies
Sep 27, 2017
Great Build up but eventually falls flat.
It comes at night was one of those movies I heard about but really had no clue what it was actually about even when I started watching it.
The whole movie has a very tense and almost claustrophobic feel to it as well, I love movies especially horror/suspense movies where you have no idea who you can and can't trust and It comes at night really just takes that vibe and runs with it.
Sadly though the uneasiness and suspense never really paid off for me because the ending I found personally fell really flat and almost anticlimactic.
The whole movie has a very tense and almost claustrophobic feel to it as well, I love movies especially horror/suspense movies where you have no idea who you can and can't trust and It comes at night really just takes that vibe and runs with it.
Sadly though the uneasiness and suspense never really paid off for me because the ending I found personally fell really flat and almost anticlimactic.
Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated The Woman in Black in Books
Nov 6, 2022
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Book
The Woman in Black
By Susan Hill
⭐️⭐️
"The Woman in Black" tells haunting testimony of a young solicitor, Arther Kipps, who records in detail the nightmarish events of his stay in a house on a marsh in northern England, and the terrible events that were to alter his life forever.
I have never taken so long to read such a short book! I was so bored and disappointed in it. I think it’s one of those books you hear so much about that you go in with high expectations and unfortunately I found it lacking. At least it’s one of those must reads ticked off!
Book
The Woman in Black
By Susan Hill
⭐️⭐️
"The Woman in Black" tells haunting testimony of a young solicitor, Arther Kipps, who records in detail the nightmarish events of his stay in a house on a marsh in northern England, and the terrible events that were to alter his life forever.
I have never taken so long to read such a short book! I was so bored and disappointed in it. I think it’s one of those books you hear so much about that you go in with high expectations and unfortunately I found it lacking. At least it’s one of those must reads ticked off!