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African Theatre: China, India & the Eastern World: Volume 15

Martin Banham, James Gibbs and Femi Osofisan

1.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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China is the main focus of this volume, and articles consider the way it is using "soft power" in...

ClareR (5726 KP) rated A Matter of Oaths in Books

Nov 15, 2017

A Matter of Oaths

Helen S. Wright | 2017 | Science Fiction/Fantasy

10.0

(1 Ratings)

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Believable characters (1 more)

Great world building

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A worthy Space Opera!

A story that drops you right in to the action. The world building is believable and the characters are diverse. Considering that this was first published in 1988, there are characters of colour. gay and women in positions of unquestioned authority. None of this seems forced, the gay relationship isn't contrived, the leading female character, Rally, isn't over-bearing as so many strong female characters are often written in the past, and she is very competent and highly thought of by other characters in the book.
How this has slipped through the net, I will never understand. This deserves to be more widely known, and it is such a shame that the author didn't publish anything else that I know of or have been able to find. If she did, I would find it, read it and no doubt recommend it!
I would like to thank Netgalley and the publisher, Bloomsbury Caravel, for my copy of the book and the opportunity to read and review it!

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BobbiesDustyPages (1259 KP) rated Arrow - Season 1 in TV

Feb 23, 2018

Arrow - Season 1

2012 | Drama

8.7

(21 Ratings)

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What DC really needed at the time

Arrow season one was definitely one of the best seasons and really helped DC since they were kinda struggling along at the time this came out compared to Marvel who was put ping out media left and right.

I absolutely loved the cast and characters they all had such great chemistry and really helped to suck you into to the show. While they had plenty of hidden and not so hidden things for long time comic fans you didn't feel like you had to know anything about the characters or the plot before watching but at the same time as a long time standing fan of the comics it was fresh and fun enough where you didn't feel bored.

The only thing that would get to me and that carries on into later seasons which ultimately led to me stop watching the series is it would get very soap opera-y to the point of rolling your eyes at the screen.

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The Marinated Meeple (1848 KP) Apr 5, 2018

I enjoyed season 1 for what it was, it went south after season one for us though.

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Goddess in the Stacks (553 KP) rated Redshirts in Books

Dec 23, 2018

Redshirts

John Scalzi | 2012 | Science Fiction/Fantasy

7.5

(4 Ratings)

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Some books are surreal suspensions of disbelief. Some books just make you go "WHAT the FUCK" every couple of chapters when a new twist is revealed, and this is one of the latter. Just - what the FUCK.

Imagine your average sci-fi space opera TV show on cable television with hand-wavey science and half-assed special effects - take those characters and make them realize they're IN A TV SHOW. Let them realize all of their woes are due to shitty writing, and see what they do with that knowledge. THAT is this book, and it is crazy and hilarious and weird and eye-roll-inducing.

Between the time travel, the Box that does magic science behind the scenes so things work out on-screen, the Narrative taking control and making people say and do things they wouldn't otherwise do - this book is wacky and just full of what-the-fuckery. It's fun, though, and if you can keep yourself from groaning out loud every few pages, it's a pretty good read.

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