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It's a Jungle Out There: A Lipman-Agerie

Maureen Lipman

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Have you ever wondered what the wizarding world might look like if it were graced with a character...

William Shakespeare's Attack of the Clones

Ian Doescher

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The popular, NYT best-selling Elizabethan/sci-fi mashup series continues, with a Shakespearean take...

Tasty

Tony Singh

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Call it comfort food, street food, sharing food. Food that gives you a hug, warms up your bones and...

Caffeinated Fae (464 KP) rated Red Rising in Books

Jul 12, 2018

Red Rising

Pierce Brown | 2014 | Dystopia, Fiction & Poetry, Young Adult (YA)

8.5

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I have been putting this book off for 2 years now and I have to say, I'm slightly disappointed in myself. Red Rising by Pierce Brown drips with all the goodies that Dystopian novels promise. The characters were interesting and I loved that there were mind games, physical games, and just some well written fight scenes.

I liked the plot but it did seem to borrow from many of the dystopian books I have read in the past. It became almost a game to compare books. That is the main reason I am giving this a 4 star review. I loved the plot but it did feel a little like a mashup of all of the recent and past dystopian books.

All in all, I enjoyed the characters the most and the plot was intriguing when I didn't feel like it was copying different books.

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Reckless Racing 3

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Reckless Racing is back with dirtier racetracks, more epic power slides, eye-popping graphics and...

Lee KM Pallatina (951 KP) rated Fear Street Part One: 1994 (2021) in Movies

Aug 2, 2021

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Homage to the 80s part 1

As a fan of 80s and 90s horrors the trailer drew me in but with mild concern.
As stated in the title, this is an obvious homage to the 80s (and early 90s) bringing in likenesses of Wes Wraven (scream) and Sam Raimi (Evil dead) in in wonderful mashup of horror.

Set in a small town seemingly cursed with bad luck, a group of teens find themselves hunted by a dead witch whose sole purpose is to take revenge on the town for her execution a few hundred years before.

On the run and hunted by demonicly possessed victims from years prior, time is not in their side as the teens seek a way to end the chase before they meet a bloody and gruesome end.

The first of a trilogy that did not disappoint and the start of what could potentially be something great.

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Joe Goodhart (27 KP) rated Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (The Cthulhu Casebooks, #1) in Books

Nov 30, 2020

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I finished reading the book today, or perhaps I should say I skimmed the last 18% or so!

I found the book up until then to be a favorable Holmes-Lovecraft mashup. Lovegrove's characterizations felt spot on, especially his [Spoiler Alert] Moriarty. I was especially taken with his reworking of Holmes and Watson's first meeting.

However, as I alluded to in the beginning of my review, as I coasted into the last 18% of it on my Kindle Fire, I found myself beginning to feel sleepy, my eyelids slowly easing their way down. It was at that point that I found myself skimming to get myself to the end.

The ending did not feel as strong as the book started. It felt like it went on too long. By the last page, I was just, "Whew! Glad that's over!". I will most likely check out the other two books in THE CTHULHU CASEBOOKS trilogy, but no rush on that.