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So I've done a small comment on each but overall most of the were pretty good! I have several new authors to read and loved a select few! If you are looking for pure naughtiness it's definitely in this book!

12a

Feathers by Petra j knox

Wow this was hot and heavy. Kicks off this collection nicely šŸ˜

12b
All the devils are here by Kendra Moreno

Ok so that made Lucifer even more attractive. Will be reading more of Kendra.

12c
Doctors orders by Golden Angel

Ok do classes like this exist?? I think I'd play doctor with mitch.

12d
Her Alien Renegades by Lucy Carter Anderson

Ok well not sure what to make of this one big blue aliens and a crazy human ready to accept her fate so easy šŸ™ˆšŸ¤£

12e primal: The first hunt by Kinkaid knight

Apart from almost a page of her describing his dick it wasn't too bad. I will give her her books ago I'm interested enough to want to read more.

12f
Desire In her reflection by Nichole Riley

Well that's not like any ladies nights I've been too šŸ¤£šŸ¤£. I'll be looking into Nichole more!

12g
Bow by N.K. Stackhouse

Think I like this one and I'd definitely be the Dom!!

12h
Picture purr- fect by Emma Cole

So far this has to be my favourite! It was brilliantly written for a short and wow!!!
Will definitely be reading more by Emma Cole!

12i
Primal innocence by Caia Daniels

I kinda got bored just a little. It was a rather sweet way to lose her virginity though.

12j
Rebel by Savannah Rose

Well that was a super fast read not sure how much you can get from it

12k
Snatch me by C.F. Rabbiosi

Another good one personally I love the idea of this shirt lol I'll be looking her up!

12L

The good girl by Chloe Jane

Very much shirt and sweet

12m
Voyeur by Bea Paige

Ok so I now have a new favourite!! That was just soooo good!!

12n

What a show by Jennifer Stone

Not one I enjoyed something about it just didn't click with me

12o
When night and day collide by Kandi vale

The best till last!! The whole reason I brought the book and I'm so glad I did! What a birthday present for Kisa! Any excuse to get me some Dolor and I'm there! I'm no patiently waiting for Kandi Vale s next book šŸ˜šŸ˜
  
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Bob Mann (459 KP) rated The Wife (2017) in Movies

Sep 28, 2021 (Updated Sep 28, 2021)  
The Wife (2017)
The Wife (2017)
2017 | Drama
Glenn Close ā€¦ #robbed.
I missed ā€œThe Wifeā€ when it came out in September, but finally caught it a few weeks ago. (Been a busy time at work so have a bit of a backlog of reviews!).

The Plot.
Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) is the doting wife of internationally renowned writer Joe Castleman (Jonathan Pryce). As we start the film, Joe has just received a call from Stockholm. No, itā€™s not an ā€œamusing story about a goatā€ (for any MM2 fans out there). Itā€™s notification that he is to receive the Nobel prize for literature. As Joan listens to the news on the extension, there is something in her eyes that betrays mixed emotions.

They travel to Sweden (on Concorde, obviously) with their son Max (Max Irons) ā€“ a writer at the start of his career. Max and Joe have a strained relationship.

Also in Stockholm is Nathanial Bone (Christian Slater) ā€“ the bane of Joeā€™s life, since he seems insistent on writing the biography of the great man. As Nathanial picks through the history of the couple, things start to unravel in unexpected ways.

What a performance!
The heart of this film, and the main reason for watching what is really a bit of a pot-boiler, is the performance by Glenn Close. Itā€™s a remarkable demonstration of the acting craft and 110% Oscar worthy.

Donā€™t get me wrongā€¦. as I watched the Oscars live in the wee-hours of Monday morning I let out a WHOOP of joy when our own national treasure Olivia Colman picked up the award. But I have to say that I think Glenn Close was rather robbed. Close can act brilliantly without saying a single word. In fact most of her best scenes are reaction shots to what she is listening to.

In comparison I found Jonathan Pryce to be a soupƧon over-the-top as the feted writer, and I didnā€™t find the portrayal of Bone by Slater to be terribly convincing. So itā€™s a very mixed acting bag in my view.

Utterly gorgeous in a way that only Swedish women can be is Karin Franz Kƶrlof as the personal photographer Linnea. She can also act!

A perfectly pleasant movie
Directed by Swedish director Bjƶrn Runge and with a screenplay by Jane Anderson, itā€™s a perfectly pleasant way to spend a couple of hours. The story is intriguing enough to keep your interest, although it plays its hand so early that the simmering suspense element ebbs out of the film. A final ā€œSixth Senseā€ style of reveal might have been much more effective.

But this is above all a film to relish the performance of Close: the facial acting during the speech at the awards ceremony is something that should be studied at acting schools for years to come.