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An Assassin's Guide to Love and Treason

Virginia Boecker

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When Lady Katherine's father is killed for being an illegally practicing Catholic, she discovers...

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Connor Sheffield (293 KP) rated Arrow - Season 1 in TV

May 25, 2017

Arrow - Season 1

2012 | Drama

8.7

(21 Ratings)

TV Season Rating

Stephen Amell is brilliant as Oliver Queen (3 more)

Great cast

Brilliantly directed with great special effects (CGI & Practical)

Action Sequences are brilliantly choreographed

My name is Oliver Queen.. (every single episode) (1 more)

Everyone seems to want to start an argument with Ollie

My name, is Oliver Queen...

Green Arrow is my favourite character in comic books. A modern day Robin Hood, with greater foes that he manages to overcome. However, this show isn't about the Green Arrow, not exactly anyways. It is about The Arrow.

Oliver Queen brings a vigilante justice that crosses a line, as he lets his arrows fly without a care of the lives he takes, as long as they are on the side of the corrupt, they deserve to die. This is his burden to bare, and eventually with the recruitment of John Diggle, he learns that there are others who share his point of view, about the corruption in the city. Finally, with the third addition to their team, Felicity Smoke, Oliver Queen discovers that whilst his goal is good, his methods are not.

Secrets unfold and each episode leaves you wanting more. However, being a CW show, there is a lot of drama between characters, and a lot of audience members seem to find this an issue, because they want more action and don't like to see their heroes facing real world issues with friends and family.

In this first season, it seems that despite him being gone for 5 years, everyone wants to argue with him over petty things. To me, this just brings out a reality to the show that most audiences wouldn't expect from a comic book show. However, if you read more classic Green Arrow comics, you'll discover that there is in fact a lot of drama between Ollie and other characters that help him to evolve into a better man. This show has a lot of drama, the result of which is a great character development throughout the following episodes and seasons.

With a great cast, great writers and brilliant choreographed action, as well as some great references to the comics, and other DC Characters, this season of the show is one of the better seasons, and had me hooked from episode 1.

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Bird (1704 KP) rated The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths in Music

Jul 3, 2017

Sounds connected and tight - feels like a 'special moment' album, before the band imploded (3 more)

The theme swings from the typically accusatory and the 'tongue in cheek', through to the unamashedly poignant ''There Is A Light That Never Goes Out"

Named the 'Greatest Album Of All Time' by the NME

Cemetry Gates, and The Queen Is Dead tracks

The definitive Smiths album

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Vegemite Girl (284 KP) rated Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) in Movies

Nov 10, 2018

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

2018 | Biography, Drama, Music

8.5

(156 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Rami Malek (2 more)

Music

Literally everything

This movie was 1000x better than I was hoping it would be. I am a huge Queen fan and wish I was around then. I cried the whole last half of the movie it was brilliant and I don't think they could have found anyone better than Rami to play Freddie! He did a absolutely wonderful job.

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Joanna (8 KP) rated Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) in Movies

Dec 2, 2018

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

2018 | Biography, Drama, Music

8.5

(156 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Rami Malek (3 more)

Music

Live Aid

All of it

Brilliant

I could watch this movie again and again. Rami Malek does a fantastic job as Freddy. I was and still am a big fan of queen, I feel it portrayed not only Freddy for who he really was but the n and as a whole and the love and friendship they all shared.

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Sarah Betts (103 KP) rated Tiger Queen in Books

Dec 30, 2019

I received a copy of Tiger Queen from Blink through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Admittedly, the first part I had some trouble getting through because I found the main character, Kateri, to be really unsympathetic.

As the book went on I found myself actively cheering her on.

The world building was fantastic in this one and I would definitely recommend!