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David McK (3562 KP) rated Plane (2023) in Movies

Mar 17, 2025  
Plane (2023)
Plane (2023)
2023 | Action
6
7.1 (9 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Gerard Butler action/adventure films.

So pretty much what you'd expect, really.

here, he plays a pilot who is forced to crash-land his plane on a remote and war-torn island after it is hit by lightning (on New Years Eve, whilst travelling home to see his daughter), with his passengers then taken hostage by the rebels on said island and with Butler then having to find a way to rescue them, in company with a prisoner who was being transported on board his plane, wanted for murder.

Solid if unspectacular.
  
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Kristy H (1252 KP) rated One Night on the Island in Books

Feb 14, 2022  
One Night on the Island
One Night on the Island
Josie Silver | 2022 | Fiction & Poetry, Romance
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Cleo is heading to the remote Irish island of Salvation for work, but it's personal too. She's about to turn thirty, an age her father never reached, and she's trying to reconcile where she is in life. A columnist who writes about finding love, she's yet to discover it herself. On Salvation, she plans to "self-couple"--a concept brought up by her boss, but Cleo can't help but feel there's something to finding herself. As for Mack Sullivan, he's heading to Salvation to research his ancestry and photograph the island he's heard so much about from his mother and grandmother. Escaping his estranged wife and crumbling life is a bonus, though he'll miss his two sons terribly. It's only when they arrive on the island that Mack and Cleo realize they've booked the same one room cottage--a terrible mix-up on a tiny island with no other accommodations. Forced to live together until the next ferry arrives, the two can barely stand being in the same space. But as time passes on the lovely island, their attitudes change.

This is a very slow moving, slow burn romance that focuses on being thoughtful and deliberate in its descriptions. There's less action and a lot of focus on the island and tons and tons of focus on Cleo and Mack's emotions and thoughts. So many thoughts, so much angst!

As for my thoughts... seriously, even on a small island, no one had a spare room? Not even a little one? Enjoying this book means buying into the premise that two complete strangers were truly willing to share a ONE ROOM cottage--sleeping across from another in a bed and a sofa. Thanks but no thanks. Also odd was Cleo's self-coupling (aka marrying herself) concept, which both she and her boss seemed quite into and even Mack accepted. Hmm...

Far more delightful was Salvation Island and its inhabitants. I could have read an entire book just focused on the enjoyable folks Cleo and Mack ran across, particularly the women Cleo joined at knitting circle and the lively group who gathered at the local pub. And while there were plenty of descriptions of this island, some were quite fun (otters!).

The book is told in a back and forth point of view from Cleo and Mack. They grow on you. It's not their fault they were trapped in the same lodge. This one was a little too slow and emotional for me in the beginning, but I still got a bit tearful at the ending.

I received a copy of this book from Random House / Ballantine and Netgalley in return for an unbiased review.
  
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Athena LaCosse (16 KP) rated Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) in Movies

Mar 21, 2019  
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
2018 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
8
7.1 (185 Ratings)
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Loved how they made a tribute to the orginal Jurassic park by putting in some scenes we saw in the first one especially on the island (0 more)
It had its sad moments i definitely needed tissues for a few parts! (0 more)
  
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Gloria Steinem recommended The Woman Warrior in Books (curated)

 
The Woman Warrior
The Woman Warrior
Maxine Hong Kingston | 1975
7.0 (4 Ratings)
Book Favorite

If a Chinese girl living in the back of a laundry in San Francisco can imagine herself as a woman warrior riding down from the hills of China to rescue her people, I can imagine myself off this island.

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Gloria Steinem recommended The Woman Warrior in Books (curated)

 
The Woman Warrior
The Woman Warrior
Maxine Hong Kingston | 1975
7.0 (4 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"If a Chinese girl living in the back of a laundry in San Francisco can imagine herself as a woman warrior riding down from the hills of China to rescue her people, I can imagine myself off this island"

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Pete Buttigieg recommended Wolf Hall in Books (curated)

 
Wolf Hall
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel | 2010 | Fiction & Poetry
6.0 (8 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"Homer’s epic isn’t just a foundational text in Western literature, it also makes me feel connected to my Mediterranean (Maltese) roots. The Maltese island of Gozo, where my people probably originated, claims to be the locale of Calypso’s cave."

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