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Erika (17788 KP) rated How to Stop Time in Books

Jul 26, 2018

How to Stop Time

Matt Haig | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics

8.0

(21 Ratings)

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How to Stop Time wasn't released in the US until February of this year, but I had been reading on websites since the previous year that this was a must read, and amazing. Well... I think it suffered from too much hype, and I'm glad I borrowed it from the library instead of buying it full price.
The story was a perfectly good premise, however, none of it was really fleshed out. And then, out of nowhere, bam, it ended. I liked it, but I wish it was so much better than it was.
On a side note, this would definitely make a good movie, so I'm all on board with that.

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Leah Rothwell (170 KP) rated Netflix in Apps

Oct 10, 2018 (Updated Oct 10, 2018)

Netflix

Entertainment, Lifestyle

8.7

(589 Ratings)

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Not enough new good content

There is a lot of new content but most of it is subtitled, I not completely opposed to subtitled but it’s a Netflix original, I would have thought they’d provide dubbed as well.

I think the content has gone downhill as well, not as much new content being released and I often find Now TV or other platforms to have newer content quicker.

It buffers more often, none of my other apps buffer and their quality is higher.

I’ve rated it 6/10 because I still like some of its original content but it could improve.

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David McK (3277 KP) rated King of Ithaca (Adventures of Odysseus, #1) in Books

Jan 30, 2019

While, reading the synopsis, this seems like the type of book I would enjoy, I have to say: I actually found this to be quite a dry read.

The first in a planned series of books ('The Adventures of Odysseus'), this one deals with the pre Trojan-war days, with (at the start of the novel) Odysseus not yet King of Ithaca. Centring primarily on one of Odysseus companions rather than Odysseus himself, this does have plenty of intrigue and action, but I (unfortunately) found none of those to be that stirring.

Not a patch on David Gemmell's Troy series ('Lord of the Silver Bow', Shield of Thunder' and 'Fall of Kings') of books.

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David McK (3277 KP) rated Star Wars, Vol. 6: Out Among the Stars in Books

Jan 30, 2019

Collecting Marvel's Star Wars issues #33 through 37, this is more-or-less a compilation of one-shot stories rather than ant on-going story threads: as such, some of these are better than others.

The same can be said of the art-work.

With stories running the gamut from Luke and Leia trapped on a water(y)-planet, to R2-D2 rescuing C-3PO from the Empire and even from the Point of View of members of the Empire's SCAR squadron, there is plenty of variety here: none, however, (to my eyes) match the impact of the earlier issues (maybe because they were fresher back then?), or even of the cross-over event 'Vader Down'

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Ross (3282 KP) rated That's Your Lot in Books

Aug 1, 2019

That's Your Lot

Brian Limond aka Limmy | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry, Humor & Comedy

8.0

(2 Ratings)

Book Rating

Not as good as Daft Wee Stories

Some more daft wee stories from Limmy. I picked this up as a holiday read when my current fantasy book became too grim for poolside reading. These short stories are all of a similar feel to the first set but to my mind of lesser quality. The stories are generally all someone getting themselves into a ludicrous situation after a series of seemingly logical decisions. None of these quite match up with those in the first book, and some just end without his trademark twisted punchline. The final story, more of a novella, is more like a rejected Irvine Welsh story than his usual, and is really quite an unpleasant read.