Search

Search only in certain items:

F(
Fame (Firstborn, #1)
10
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
A reread for me but once again, Mrs. Kingsbury hits a home run with this novel filled with love, hope, understanding and God's saving grace. Still a five star read for me!
  
Mrs. Pollifax heads to China to find out the location of a forced labor camp so the CIA can free a political prisoner. As much as I love the series, this is a disappointment. It reads more like a travelogue for too much of the book, which doesn't give the plot enough time when it is finally tries to go somewhere.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-mrs-pollifax-on-china.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
40x40

David McK (3906 KP) rated Ava (2020) in Movies

Mar 14, 2021  
Ava (2020)
Ava (2020)
2020 | Action, Crime, Drama
4
6.2 (13 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Atomic Blonde? Mrs and Mrs Smith? The Long Kiss Goodnight? Not like any of them.
Over the last circa 5 years or so, I've noticed a growing trend of 'beautiful female assassin's' movie (think 'Atomic Blonde'. 'Anna'. 'Mr and Mrs Smith'. 'Red Sparrow').

While the poster for this 2020 production might lead you to think the same of this - as, indeed, did the inclusion of Geena Davis ('The Long Kiss Goodnight') in the cast list - this is actually a very different type of movie, more concerned with the lead character's family dysfunctions than with the action scenes (of which there are only a few).

Overall, I wasn't really that impressed with this - and I'd forgotten how annoying Colin Farrell was - and actually found myself 'tuning out' on more than one occasion.