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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Neverland (Adventures in Neverland, #1) in Books

Jan 6, 2021  
Neverland (Adventures in Neverland, #1)
Neverland (Adventures in Neverland, #1)
Anna Katmore | 2014
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
3.5 stars.

I can't believe it just ended like that! Of course I now need to go and buy the second one!

It took me a while to get into the story but once it got going I kinda devoured it. I liked the whole Captain Hook isn't so bad and the plotline about him and Peter Pan. I also liked the romance aspect and really want to know what's going to happen next with this note that's been left!

Ugh! Off to hunt it out on Amazon!
  
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Tom Turner (388 KP) rated The Blinding Knife (Lightbringer, #2) in Books

Apr 30, 2021  
The Blinding Knife (Lightbringer, #2)
The Blinding Knife (Lightbringer, #2)
Brent Weeks | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry
6
8.7 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
<strong>A worthwhile chore</strong>

I must admit, this was a chore to get through. But it came together in the end. I struggle something with Week's prose. There are some habits of his that just erk me somewhat. I also haven't read many series bigger than a trilogy, so the overall arc is feeling perhaps a little steep for me at the moment. I'm sure it's as much me as it is the book. Saying all this I never felt like DNFing it, and definitely moving onto book 3 imminently.
  
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Hossein Amini recommended Thief (1981) in Movies (curated)

 
Thief (1981)
Thief (1981)
1981 | Action, Drama, Mystery
(0 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"Like Melville, Michael Mann is a master of silent storytelling, but he is also one of the best writers of dialogue I know. There’s a scene between James Caan and Tuesday Weld in a diner that goes on for ten minutes, but you never get bored for a second. They go from being virtual strangers to lovers in the course of a conversation, and you don’t question it. Not only do his criminals feel authentic when they talk about their profession but their inarticulate attempts at declaring their love feel just as true."

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Kenan Thompson recommended Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) in Movies (curated)

 
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
1980 | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
8.9 (173 Ratings)
Movie Favorite Watch

"That hits home for my sci-fi nerd self side of myself. I love the first one, A New Hope — that’s where it all started. But, Empire was just so awesome. I always remember watching Empire and being like, “Man, this movie is awesome from top to bottom.” So many good battles between Luke and Vader. Luke getting his arm chopped off — it’s a cold blooded movie. Return of the Jedi is awesome too. But, without Empire Strikes Back, I don’t know if Jedi would’ve even been a thing. So much Billy Dee Williams, too."

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Philip Seymour Hoffman recommended A Thousand Acres in Books (curated)

 
A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Acres
Jane Smiley | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
5.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"I just love this book. When I was halfway through it—right around when one of the three daughters tries to talk to her father and he goes out into a storm—I was like, “Oh my God, this is King Lear.” I was so impressed with how Smiley was able to take such a classic tale and put it in rural 20th-century Iowa. It’s beautiful, it’s crushing, it’s everything King Lear is—and it’s effortless. I was blown away by the imagination, intellect and talent it must have taken to do that."

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