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Sophia (Bookwyrming Thoughts) (530 KP) rated Ashes (Ashes Trilogy, #1) in Books
Jan 23, 2020
Remember in my Moon Dwellers review that I mentioned to get straight to the point or you stall really well? It has to turn out impressive as well.
Well, here's a really good example of one. Ashes doesn't go straight to the point until the end, as pointed out by one of my friends (in which I nearly pounced on her in English class for nearly spoiling the book), and well... – I might offend a lot of people (and I really do mean a lot that they might want my head on a platter), so if you can get offended easily by a delicate (and I mean very delicate) subject, don't click that button. Just don't.
[BUTTON REMOVED IN THIS REVIEW]
But... I also had half the mind on DNF-ing, because Ellie was really annoying and she was getting on my nerves for about a fifth of the book. If there's a character (aside from little kid me, but I'm not a character) I wanted to shake every step of the way, it's her.
Going back to the stalling talk, Bick uses page turning tactics as a distraction, and it was a really good distraction, because there's always something happening and I couldn't see the big picture until later... way later. After it was pointed out (thanks a lot, mentioned anonymous friend from above). -_-
I still don't really see how the title goes with the story. Ashes? I'm curious if that's related to what happens early in the story. Inquiring bloggers would like to know.
Here's another spoiler: I won't be surprised if Tom returns in Shadows or Monsters. It's pretty obvious.
To finish it off, Ashes was action packed, but if you get scared easily or are faint of heart, then this book is not for you. It's really creepy. *makes a face*
I also lost my appetite. :(
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This review and more can be found at <a href="http://bookwyrming-thoughts.blogspot.com/2014/03/review-ashes-by-ilsa-j-bick.html">Bookwyrming Thoughts</a>
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Well, here's a really good example of one. Ashes doesn't go straight to the point until the end, as pointed out by one of my friends (in which I nearly pounced on her in English class for nearly spoiling the book), and well... – I might offend a lot of people (and I really do mean a lot that they might want my head on a platter), so if you can get offended easily by a delicate (and I mean very delicate) subject, don't click that button. Just don't.
[BUTTON REMOVED IN THIS REVIEW]
But... I also had half the mind on DNF-ing, because Ellie was really annoying and she was getting on my nerves for about a fifth of the book. If there's a character (aside from little kid me, but I'm not a character) I wanted to shake every step of the way, it's her.
Going back to the stalling talk, Bick uses page turning tactics as a distraction, and it was a really good distraction, because there's always something happening and I couldn't see the big picture until later... way later. After it was pointed out (thanks a lot, mentioned anonymous friend from above). -_-
I still don't really see how the title goes with the story. Ashes? I'm curious if that's related to what happens early in the story. Inquiring bloggers would like to know.
Here's another spoiler: I won't be surprised if Tom returns in Shadows or Monsters. It's pretty obvious.
To finish it off, Ashes was action packed, but if you get scared easily or are faint of heart, then this book is not for you. It's really creepy. *makes a face*
I also lost my appetite. :(
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This review and more can be found at <a href="http://bookwyrming-thoughts.blogspot.com/2014/03/review-ashes-by-ilsa-j-bick.html">Bookwyrming Thoughts</a>
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Autumn (430 KP) rated Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) in Movies
Dec 30, 2017
Baby Groot, Baby Groot, Baby Groot! (4 more)
Yondu
Drax and his laugh
Funny
Colorful, amazing visuals, especially if you watch it in 4k
I didn’t really care for the villain in this movie. However, I still really liked the movie. The visuals were amazing. Baby Groot is the cutest, and I just about cried when the ravagers took him. It was still funny, but it lost a little humor compared to the first one. Every time Drax laughed I couldn’t help but laugh too. I’m interested to see what happens when they meet up with the avengers in the next avengers movie. I’m a little sad that Groot will be a teenager by then though. Still a fun and entertaining watch.
graveyardgremlin (7194 KP) rated Midnight Waltz in Books
Feb 15, 2019
I got more than halfway through this book when I just lost interest. I figured out Julien's 'secret' in the first ten pages, so that wasn't even that interesting. The plot wasn't intriguing to me and I just skimmed the rest to find out what happened. It's not that it was bad, but I just didn't connect with the book much.
By the way, what's up with Amalie having grey-blue rings around her brown eyes and silver-blue highlights in her brown hair? I think having one of those is odd enough but to have both her eyes and hair match...that's overkill. I think a gown in the story is a similar theme too. The author definitely had a weird thing going. ;P
By the way, what's up with Amalie having grey-blue rings around her brown eyes and silver-blue highlights in her brown hair? I think having one of those is odd enough but to have both her eyes and hair match...that's overkill. I think a gown in the story is a similar theme too. The author definitely had a weird thing going. ;P
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