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    Silences

    Silences

    Tillie Olsen

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    A study of the crucial relationship between circumstances - of sex, economic class, colour, the...

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David McK (3562 KP) rated Quest for Lost Heroes (Drenai #4) in Books

Mar 11, 2023  
Quest for Lost Heroes (Drenai #4)
Quest for Lost Heroes (Drenai #4)
David Gemmell | 1990
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
An early Gemmell, this is the fourth (by release date) in his Drenai saga, and - I have to say - it shows somewhat.

Whilst it is an enjoyable read, I found this one to lack the complexity of some of his later works: indeed, the very plot itself even comes across as a rough outline for his later Winter Warriors.

Having said that, I still enjoyed this one, albeit not as much as his novels that included the Drenai hero Druss (name dropped in passing - this is set centuries on), or even the assassin Waylander.
  
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David McK (3562 KP) rated Sharpe's Regiment (1196) in Movies

Oct 23, 2022  
Sharpe's Regiment (1196)
Sharpe's Regiment (1196)
1196 |
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
While there is now something like 23, maybe 24, Sharpe novels by Bernard Cornwell when this was released there was only roughly half that.

This is the only novel (so far) to be set mainly in England, with Richard Sharpe and Patrick Harper travelling back to London to find the missing recruits from their second battalion - a storyline to which this adaptation sticks remarkably closely.

It's not perfect, of course, with subplots left out or condensed somewhat (and the lack of budget shows), but it is still a good enough watch!