Guns of the Dawn
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Shortlisted for the 2016 British Fantasy Society Award for Best Novel Guns of the Dawn is a pacey,...
Death of a Salesman: Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and A Requiem
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Arthur Miller's extraordinary masterpiece, Death of a Salesman changed the course of modern theatre,...
Bleak House
Charles Dickens and David Stuart Davies
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At the court of Chancery, the interminable law suit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce rolls on and on,...
Cori June (3033 KP) rated Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH, #1) in Books
Jul 20, 2020
That being said the older and mature me rated it a 6 because about 30 pages of interesting history about the Rats of NIMH, were mostly unneeded summary. I realize that the book is meant for young audiences I also gave points off for overly explaining an object or idea. ex: "tin foil (or aluminum foil)" this happens frequently. For a book about animal testing and super intelligent rats, I guess the author could have a point.
This is a good book for young readers that wants to read something that isn't overly scary that has male and female heroes.
The story itself is good. I may never read this book again, although I will recommend it.
Mystical Experience of God: A Philosophical Inquiry
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This title was first published in 2001: Engaging contemporary discussion concerning the validity of...
How to Age
The School of Life and Anne Karpf
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Society has a deep fear of ageing. Old age is increasingly viewed as a biomedical problem, something...
Fontenoy 1745: Cumberland's Bloody Defeat
Michael McNally and Sean O'Brogain
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A disputed succession to the Austrian throne led to general war between the leading powers of Europe...
Historical Atlas of the North American Railroad
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America's long romance with the train has been the subject of many books, but none has used...
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Embrace (The Violet Eden Chapters, #1) in Books
Jan 6, 2021
That being said, Violet did manage to annoy me in regard to Lincoln on various occasions throughout but now I've finished the book I know it wasn't all her own doing, not at the end anyway.
I was Team Lincoln from the start (I seem to have this thing about picking the first guy mentioned in books, unless he's an arse of course) and fascinated by Violet's reaction to him. Then we met him and I think I sighed a little, because he seemed rather dreamy.
Phoenix on the other hand was a little iffy from the start. He seemed too good to be true and always a little dark, to me.
After the ending I'm interested to see where things go and will be starting Entice soon.
LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated Prince of Darkness (1987) in Movies
Feb 15, 2021
The overall tone of PoD is one of constant dread, thanks in no small part to Carpenters' fantastic score work (probably my favourite film music of his), and also his directing style. It's a portfolio of wonderful shots, plenty of them are creepy as hell, and there's an air of mystery to compliment it all. The narrative is never clear cut, even by then end. The viewer has a solid idea of what if happening, but it's not a handled in a hand holding way, and leaves a load of questions in its wake, well still being satisfying in its conclusion.
It has a decent cast headed by Halloween alumni Donald Pleasence, and features the talents of Lisa Blout and era fixture Victor Wong, and an engaging screenplay. The dialogue is plentiful here, but none of it comes across like dead weight, and the finished product is a competent and unsettling religious horror.