The Complete Poems of John Keats
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With an Introduction by Paul Wright. 'What the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth' So wrote...
A Matter of Life
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* After the acclaimed indie film Save the Date and the bestselling all-ages humor book Darth Vader...
Sarah (7798 KP) rated Reaper Man (Discworld, #11; Death, #2) in Books
Mar 23, 2018
Don't get me wrong, it isn't a bad book and is still quite good, it just isn't on par with a lot of the other Discworld books that I've read. Death is a fantastic character but he just isn't featured in this book enough (despite it being about life and death). The wizards and Windle Poons are featured more heavily and sadly they're not quite as loveable. They're funny in their own way, but they get a little rambling after a while. The plot too suffers from rambling as well and the whole concept is a little bit too bonkers, even for a Discworld novel.
It's still a good book and easy to read, it just isn't one of the best in the series.
Flatliners (1990)
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Are you afraid to die? Kiefer Sutherland isn't. He's an ambitious, charismatic medical student who...
The Effect
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When she began writing, Linda expected a journey into the unknown. She wasn t expecting the latest...
Taking Care
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From a true American master of the short story, comes a collection of disturbing, comic, and moving...
ClareR (5726 KP) rated Coming Up For Air in Books
Apr 17, 2020
We also meet the Norwegian toy maker who designs Resusci Anne, and the things that happened in his life that brought him to that point. His is an equally sad story, and although he has been fictionalised, he has been based om the real man who made the doll.
The third story is that of a Canadian girl with cystic fibrosis, and her journey from childhood up until she becomes a journalist as an adult.
This is a book about transformations: the French maid is transformed in to a mask that will be recognised around the world over a hundred years after her death; a toy maker is transformed after the death of his beloved son, into someone who tries to ensure that everyone has the ability for such things not to happen again; and a woman with cystic fibrosis has a literal transformation with the promise of renewed, transplanted lungs.
This novel sucked me in to all three lives and times. Both the French girls and the child’s death devastated me, and the Canadian woman’s story was one of hope (although I was pretty much dreading the idea that something bad would happen to her).
I loved this book, and I feel lucky to have read it. I would most definitely recommend it.
Carthage
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Tommy Anderson was born in a prison, and he died in one too. The last moments of his life are...
Death (The Four Horsemen #4) by T.A. Chase
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Death, the Pale Rider and the most feared member of the Four Horsemen, has been searching through...
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Amy, 27
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The death of Amy Winehouse at the age of 27 was a tragedy. She was one of the brightest music stars...