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Perry Larkin (8 KP) rated Lady Bird (2017) in Movies
Dec 11, 2017
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I am a huge fan of dry humor and coming of age stories. This movie was a nice surprise, and without too many spoiler trailers out there, I was really not expecting anything. The movie had a great flow, and the interaction between mother and daughter was so real and emotional. The only complaint I have is that the movie was so abruptly ended. I enjoy leaving it open-ended for the imagination, but I feel like the last 15 minutes completely changed the flow of the movie and lead us to believe there was going to be one more reveal that never happens. I didn't need a complete summary, but I did want to know just a little bit more.
graveyardgremlin (7194 KP) rated Destined For Love in Books
Feb 15, 2019
The first book, Hatfield and McCoy, by Heather Graham was a nice, fast-paced read. While Julie and McCoy's bickering might annoy some, I felt that there wasn't too much to irritate me. The story was interesting and just light enough that I had an easy time reading it, which is great since my concentration hasn't been the best.
Trish (4 KP) rated In the Light of the Garden: A Novel in Books
Feb 8, 2018
Magical! This is a bit of a fluff novel but it's really sweet. I didn't expect too much going into it but turned out to really enjoy it. I wish there was a little more character development as far as the major supporting characters but it was tidied all up in a bow. Do you believe in magic?
Marianne (3 KP) rated The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) in Movies
Sep 24, 2017
I was expecting something hilarious after seeing the trailer but I think they pretty much put every funny part of the movie into the trailer so there were no fresh laughs. However, there were some pretty great fight scenes and wasn't too bad from an action point of view. I really enjoyed it but I just felt a little bit let down from the trailer to the movie.
ashezbookz (32 KP) rated Daughter of the Pirate King in Books
Jul 5, 2018
Alright - this book wasn't bad it was a bit confusing in the beginning, trying to be multiple things at once I felt, but then you get to know the book and the characters and it wasn't what I had originally thought going in. There was a grammar error that I absolutely hated "more faster" just killed the book for me more than it should have. Though I did enjoy reading it and some of the lines in there were hilarious, and Alosa and Riden were great, Enwin (sp) was awesome too. I just hoped for more I think I'd give it a 3.5 and I do plan to read Siren Queen
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Hate F*@k: Part 1 (The Horus Group, #1) in Books
Jan 6, 2021
Hmm...that last bit has stumped me a little. I'll give it 3.5 stars.
I have no idea where the name came from for this because there isn't much hate going on or f*@king for that matter. There's a lot of tension and few sexual interactions but not too much--which is good as far as I'm concerned. Too much puts me off.
Another thing I liked was there was actually a plot to this book--with the name you can never be too sure--and I enjoyed it. The tension was brilliant and I couldn't wait for it to peak which it did right at the end.
As for the other part of the story, the family issue and Cole's secrets I am very intrigued by that ending. What the hell happened?!
I think I'll have to get the second part just to find out.
I have no idea where the name came from for this because there isn't much hate going on or f*@king for that matter. There's a lot of tension and few sexual interactions but not too much--which is good as far as I'm concerned. Too much puts me off.
Another thing I liked was there was actually a plot to this book--with the name you can never be too sure--and I enjoyed it. The tension was brilliant and I couldn't wait for it to peak which it did right at the end.
As for the other part of the story, the family issue and Cole's secrets I am very intrigued by that ending. What the hell happened?!
I think I'll have to get the second part just to find out.
Frecklesxoxo (6 KP) rated Tales of My Large, Loud, Spiritual Family in Books
Feb 27, 2019
This book was tough to give the 3 stars too, I was torn between 3 or 4 it's more 3 1/2 stars.
I did enjoy the book, it was readable and it started off really well.
During the flash back story with the grandma in nazi Germany made me cry and only one other book has done that (the green mile) however after that point things started to get a bit samey, lots of finding inner peace, visions, darkness, sins it was just a little much and also there was one bit that made no sense, I won't say to much as don't want to ruin it but it was a guest that visited cynthia and I really didn't see the reason why it happened, it was never mentioned again, it was very out there but not in a good way.
I think the story was to make you think about karma, kindness, doing what's right for yourself and others but it did get a little in your face.
As I said it was readable but not something I would recommend as it's just too much religion for me I think.
I did enjoy the book, it was readable and it started off really well.
During the flash back story with the grandma in nazi Germany made me cry and only one other book has done that (the green mile) however after that point things started to get a bit samey, lots of finding inner peace, visions, darkness, sins it was just a little much and also there was one bit that made no sense, I won't say to much as don't want to ruin it but it was a guest that visited cynthia and I really didn't see the reason why it happened, it was never mentioned again, it was very out there but not in a good way.
I think the story was to make you think about karma, kindness, doing what's right for yourself and others but it did get a little in your face.
As I said it was readable but not something I would recommend as it's just too much religion for me I think.
Kristina (502 KP) rated The Summer Children in Books
Dec 7, 2020
So I somehow got it in my head that Summer Children came after The Butterfly Garden, and I didn't realize until I was already 1/3 of the way through that I was wrong. By then I was too far gone into the story to truly care, so I just kept reading. It was interesting, sad, heart breaking. It had a completely different feel to The Butterfly Garden, but of course, if I had read the correct book in the correct order, it might not have felt so discombobulated. Either way, I was held captive by the story. The dynamic between Mercedes, Vic, Eddison, and now Sterling, makes me smile so big. They are goals. I don't know if there will be another book, but if there is, I'll be reading it!
First I genuinely loved the plot of this and I think I'd love it as a movie but there were a few things that didn't sit right writing wise. I just didn't really vibe with the characters and while the dialogue itself was fine a lot of the internal monologue dialogue kinda annoyed me. Don't get me wrong, I love a sex scene in a book but for me there were just too many and they really detracted from the plot unfortunately. But I was invested enough in the story to finish it so I guess that's something. I listened to it on audiobook which was good as there were two different narrators for the two different perspectives which made it easy to follow.
