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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Phantom's Apprentice in Books

Oct 5, 2020  
The Phantom's Apprentice
The Phantom's Apprentice
Heather Webb | 2018
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
In Heather Webb’s latest novel, she re-envisions Gaston Leroux’s story from 1910 about Christine Daaé, the soprano haunted by the Paris Opera’s “phantom.” This original dramatic work is now best known from its adaptation as a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Webb, however, has new ideas about who Christine and her phantom were. You can read more about what I thought of this novel in my review of “The Phantom’s Apprentice,”

https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2018/01/28/mystifying-masquerade/
  
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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Sadness Is a White Bird in Books

Oct 5, 2020  
Sadness Is a White Bird
Sadness Is a White Bird
Moriel Rothman-Zecher | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
In this debut novel, author Moriel Rothman-Zecher delves into both the political and the emotional conflicts that can exist between Jewish and Palestinian Israelis. However, despite the gravity of this subject, the author gives us a novel that is expressively written, that is important reading for anyone who wants to better understand the people behind these tenuous struggles. You can read more about this book in my review here.
https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2018/03/18/the-difficulties-of-devotions/
  
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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Sisters One, Two, Three in Books

Oct 6, 2020  
Sisters One, Two, Three
Sisters One, Two, Three
Nancy Star | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
While vacationing in Martha's Vineyard, a tragedy happens to the Tangle family during Ginger's 13th summer, and it ends up being the source of secrets and lies that follow her and her whole family throughout their lives. Nancy Star's novel investigates what happens when they uncover the unknown, and they each have to confront their own truths. Read what I thought of this fascinating novel that gets 4.5 stars in my review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2017/03/10/counting-on-family/
  
    Deception

    Deception

    Philip Roth

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    'This swift, elegant, disturbing novel...stands at the extreme of contemporary fiction' New York...

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David McK (3752 KP) rated Sharpe's Battle (1995) in Movies

Sep 18, 2022 (Updated Sep 18, 2022)  
Sharpe's Battle (1995)
Sharpe's Battle (1995)
1995 | Action
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Mid-90s TV Sean Bean starring TV movie, loosely based on the Bernard Cornwell novel of the same name.

I say loosely based, but as not as loosely as the previous (Sharpe's Gold): here, the rough outline is pretty much the same as in the novel - sure, there are liberties taken and subplots left out and/or changed, but this *is* recognizably the same story, complete with Brigadier Guy Loup, the spanish Real Compania Irelande (sp?) et al
  
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Caffeinated Fae (464 KP) rated The Fault in Our Stars in Books

Jul 10, 2018  
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars
John Green | 2012 | Children
10
8.2 (185 Ratings)
Book Rating
Have you ever had a novel that you were too scared to read because it might change who you are after you finish it? That was what ‰ÛÏThe Fault In Our Stars‰Û was for me. I constantly picked it up and put it back down. It was extremely high on my to read list, yet I never picked it up to read. I will say that I am glad I finally took the plunge into the water, struggled to breathe and just as I felt the current pulling me under, I finally broke through and reached the air.

If you‰Ûªre on the fence with this book, I suggest you read it. I found this novel extremely interesting. It truly made me think, and that is what I have been missing in some of the past novels I have read. This is one novel, I will have to read again, I have a feeling that it will offer more insights, and more emotions when I read it again.

I will say that this is not a ‰ÛÏlife changing‰Û novel‰Û_ but yet, it kind of is. The main characters force you to face your fear of death, and the unknown fear of living. I was truly invested in the characters. The characters are brilliant individuals, sarcastic, funny, and very witty.

All in all, this novel is an emotional read. It evoked so many emotions in me. I cried, I almost slammed the book down, and I laughed (truly laughed). I‰Ûªm glad that I read this novel, it‰Ûªs one that I will read again.