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Jewels (684 KP) rated Red Queen in Books

Jun 21, 2018  
Red Queen
Red Queen
Victoria Aveyard | 2015 | Young Adult (YA)
6
8.0 (64 Ratings)
Book Rating
My son really enjoyed it and asked me to read it as well., I was not as impressed as he was. Feels like a mix of Hunger Games and Divergent, with a few other dystopian ideas tossed into a blender and mashed up to create a new world. It wasn't horrible, but not what I would consider a great book. I will give it points that the end did leave you wanting to know what happens next, so made me want to move on to the next in the series. I will give it brownie points for capturing my son's attention. He is very picky about books, and mainly chooses non-fiction, so any fiction book that captures him deserves some credit.
  
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Erika (17789 KP) rated The Innocent Man- Season One in TV

Dec 30, 2018  
The Innocent Man- Season One
The Innocent Man- Season One
2018 | Crime, Documentary
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
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I remember when the book, 'The Innocent Man' came out, and how it was a BFD that John Grisham had written a non-fiction book. If it had been written as fiction, you wouldn't be able to believe it.
The docu-series covers two cases in which it seems that the wrong people were convicted off of bunk evidence and false confessions. It was well put together, for the most part, but it does skip around, so if you're not paying close enough attention, it can get confusing. It was very easy to watch all of the episodes back to back.

I have a feeling that there may be a 2nd season, since one of the cases is still ongoing.
  
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Elli H Burton (1288 KP) rated A Stolen Life: A Memoir in Books

Oct 28, 2019  
A Stolen Life: A Memoir
A Stolen Life: A Memoir
Jaycee Dugard | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry
9
8.1 (9 Ratings)
Book Rating
The sheer courage of Jaycee. (0 more)
It's non fiction. :( (0 more)
Emotional.
Jaycee Lee Duggard is a inspirational, brave and beautiful person and this book really sheds a light on what this poor woman went through. If you have read the story of her in the papers or watched documentaries, you should definitely read this. It's something I can't say I enjoyed for obvious reasons but I think it's written beautifully and more people should see why I think Jaycee is one of the strongest women I have ever experienced.
  
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Caffeinated Zombie (3374 KP) rated Contagion (2011) in Movies

Apr 8, 2020  
Contagion (2011)
Contagion (2011)
2011 | Drama
9
7.2 (19 Ratings)
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Realistic (1 more)
The science!
Didn't realise this was going to become non-fiction
Contains spoilers, click to show
I used to love this film as I like the fact the science was quite good. I like Kate Winslet's character and her difficulties in attempting to explain the severity of the situation to politicians. I like the ending where it shows how the virus jumped to humans. I found that I wanted the punch Jude Law throughout the film but am glad that he at least wasn't completely able to get away with it.
  
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Cary Elwes recommended Which Lie Did I Tell? in Books (curated)

 
Which Lie Did I Tell?
Which Lie Did I Tell?
William Goldman | 2001 | Biography
(0 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"The second non-fiction book by the legendary novelist and screenwriter responsible for such classic films as The Princess Bride (a personal favorite), Marathon Man, All The President’s Men and Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. Like the prequel, Which Lie Did I Tell includes candid behind-the-scenes stories, a window into the process of how to write good scripts and how The Princess Bride became his first screen credit in nearly nine years. A thoroughly entertaining insider’s look into how Hollywood works."

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