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Dean (6927 KP) rated Colossal (2016) in Movies
Nov 20, 2019
Sudden change in direction at the end (1 more)
Odd plot
I missed this at the cinema so gave it a watch as it's on Netflix currently. It comes across as quite a quirky odd film. A girl with a drink problem has to go back to her small town home after being kicked out by her boyfriend. She randomly discovers she has a connection to a giant monster that appears in South Korea.
The problem with this film is it doesn't feel it's going anywhere. What's the connection and why? Why does the lead character make some of her choices? It just doesn't add up. Then the last 15 minutes have a very different change in direction and tone that just didn't fit with the rest of the film. One for those who like quirky films.
The problem with this film is it doesn't feel it's going anywhere. What's the connection and why? Why does the lead character make some of her choices? It just doesn't add up. Then the last 15 minutes have a very different change in direction and tone that just didn't fit with the rest of the film. One for those who like quirky films.
More Than Just Food: Food Justice and Community Change
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The industrial food system has created a crisis in the United States that is characterized by...
Flora Mythica: A Floral Tribute to the Imagination
Marco Appelfeller and Hing Ang
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In Flora Mythica floral designer Marco Appelfeller and photographer Hing Ang team up to create a...
Real Talk Radio with Nicole Antoinette
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This is Real Talk Radio, the podcast that's filled with refreshingly honest conversations about the...
Alice (117 KP) rated Yes No Maybe So in Books
Mar 3, 2021
4.5 STARS
Becky Albertalli books are my happy place, truly no other author makes me feel this happy when reading. Can I be reincarnated in a Becky Albertalli universe please and thank you. I've been going through a rough patch of really enjoying the books I'm reading at the minute and who knew that all it would take was Becky Albertalli? (Me, I probably knew that)
I wasn't instantly hooked on this like I was with Simon vs but once it got to a point, I just absorbed it. I've never read anything by Aisha Saeed before but I really enjoyed her parts of the story too! The story was really well balanced and not to compare political romance stories but <s>this was better than red white and royal blue</s> in my honest opinion but maybe I just related more.
Becky Albertalli books are my happy place, truly no other author makes me feel this happy when reading. Can I be reincarnated in a Becky Albertalli universe please and thank you. I've been going through a rough patch of really enjoying the books I'm reading at the minute and who knew that all it would take was Becky Albertalli? (Me, I probably knew that)
I wasn't instantly hooked on this like I was with Simon vs but once it got to a point, I just absorbed it. I've never read anything by Aisha Saeed before but I really enjoyed her parts of the story too! The story was really well balanced and not to compare political romance stories but <s>this was better than red white and royal blue</s> in my honest opinion but maybe I just related more.
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated At Any Price (Gaming the System, #1) in Books
Jan 6, 2021
I could probably have stayed up all night to read this. It got to 2am before I realised and decided to go to sleep but couldn't stop thinking about what might end up happening in the story and should probably have just stayed up anyway. I was pretty hooked.
I figured out quite a few things before Mia did, just cause she wanted to keep everything separate. It was obvious to me that Adam knew more about her than she realised and it didn't take me long to piece things together. I loved Adam. Mia, I wanted to shake violently at times for being so pig headed.
I'm happy that they got a HFN, though I didn't realise their story continued in two other books when I started this. I would like to continue the series.
I figured out quite a few things before Mia did, just cause she wanted to keep everything separate. It was obvious to me that Adam knew more about her than she realised and it didn't take me long to piece things together. I loved Adam. Mia, I wanted to shake violently at times for being so pig headed.
I'm happy that they got a HFN, though I didn't realise their story continued in two other books when I started this. I would like to continue the series.
The Devil in Disguise (Broken Halos #4)
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Evil has many faces...There is a piece of the Devil in all of us. Hell was not what Helena...
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The Fall [Audiobook]
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She promised not to tell. They made sure she couldn’t… At her surprise 40th birthday party,...
Night Reader Reviews (683 KP) rated The Rochester Runes in Books
Jan 9, 2020
The Rochester Ruins is the second book in the series Freiyon Fables by Justin Hunt, too which the first book only received a 2 from me. The timeline this book and the first appear to overlap to some extent at the beginning. Old friends and foes, as well as new, make an appearance in this book as well.
Unlike the first book that detailed a lightning-tailed squirrel's journey through Freiyon this story follows the three human Rochester siblings. The three siblings., Robert, Charles, and Sarah move with their mother into their grandparents old manor. None of the children are exactly thrilled about the move and are surprised to find the manor to have traps in it. After finding a mysterious stone that unlocks a door at the end of a secret passage the children find themselves in Freiyon.
It is in this world of talking animals and sentient trees that they search for the rune stones that will lift their familys curse. The rune stones, once gathered together also have the ability to grant wishes. The Rochester siblings. use these wishes to aid them in protecting Freiyon from The Grabbers, who are also in search of the rune stones. This is an adventure that will bring their entire family together, but it may also tear some of them apart.
What I liked best was Freiyon still feeling a lot like Narnia. Then there is also the fact that this book is tied very nicely in with the first one. Some of the human characters even made me question if they are in any way related to the unnamed boy at the end of the first book, but that is just speculation on my part. What I did not like is just like the first book the writing felt oversimplified. At times it did seem like maybe this was on purpose with the goal of preventing the book from being too long. If that is the case than the book suffers from it. The ending also felt very confusing and as if it was unnecessary for things to turn out the way the did, but I dont want to give any major spoilers.
Once again I would suggest that middle school-aged children and some elementary students can visit the would of Freiyon. The violence that made me question how some parents of younger children might perceive this series even appeared to be a little less graphic this time around. I rate this book a 2 out of 4 just like the first. Once again the book seems to jump from one major sequence of events to another with only minimal transitioning. Still, the world itself is intriguing if only it was given a better description. The ending of this one also made it lose major points.
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Unlike the first book that detailed a lightning-tailed squirrel's journey through Freiyon this story follows the three human Rochester siblings. The three siblings., Robert, Charles, and Sarah move with their mother into their grandparents old manor. None of the children are exactly thrilled about the move and are surprised to find the manor to have traps in it. After finding a mysterious stone that unlocks a door at the end of a secret passage the children find themselves in Freiyon.
It is in this world of talking animals and sentient trees that they search for the rune stones that will lift their familys curse. The rune stones, once gathered together also have the ability to grant wishes. The Rochester siblings. use these wishes to aid them in protecting Freiyon from The Grabbers, who are also in search of the rune stones. This is an adventure that will bring their entire family together, but it may also tear some of them apart.
What I liked best was Freiyon still feeling a lot like Narnia. Then there is also the fact that this book is tied very nicely in with the first one. Some of the human characters even made me question if they are in any way related to the unnamed boy at the end of the first book, but that is just speculation on my part. What I did not like is just like the first book the writing felt oversimplified. At times it did seem like maybe this was on purpose with the goal of preventing the book from being too long. If that is the case than the book suffers from it. The ending also felt very confusing and as if it was unnecessary for things to turn out the way the did, but I dont want to give any major spoilers.
Once again I would suggest that middle school-aged children and some elementary students can visit the would of Freiyon. The violence that made me question how some parents of younger children might perceive this series even appeared to be a little less graphic this time around. I rate this book a 2 out of 4 just like the first. Once again the book seems to jump from one major sequence of events to another with only minimal transitioning. Still, the world itself is intriguing if only it was given a better description. The ending of this one also made it lose major points.
https://nightreaderreviews.blogspot.com/