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ClareR (6101 KP) rated The Sunshine Man in Books

Nov 23, 2025

The Sunshine Man

Emma Stonex | 2025 | Crime, Fiction & Poetry, Mystery, Thriller

8.0

(1 Ratings)

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The Sunshine Man is set in two timelines: 1989 and 1971.

In 1989, Bridie prepares to find and shoot the man, Jimmy Maguire, that murdered her sister upon his release from prison. She follows him as he’s picked up from the prison gates by his daughter, and as she drives him to old haunts and to visit his family.

In 1971, Jimmy and Providence are good friends. Jimmy and his family are outcasts, undesirables, always in trouble with the police. Providence can see beyond this with Jimmy.

This is such a sad story of family in all its guises (good and bad), revenge and redemption.

The Sunshine Man is a slow burn, but I found it worthwhile. I really got to know the characters, whether I really wanted to or not. Some were distinctly unpleasant people, but the motivations for their actions, whilst not excusable, were explained. I certainly won’t be forgetting this book in a hurry.

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The Wild Truth: The Secrets That Drove Chris McCandless into the Wild

Carine McCandless

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The key missing piece of Jon Krakauer's multi million, multi territory bestseller and widely...

The High Divide

Lin Enger

9.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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“A deeply moving, gripping novel about one man’s quest for redemption and his family’s...

Historical Fiction

Molly J (Cover To Cover Cafe) (106 KP) rated Grounded Hearts in Books

Feb 27, 2019

Ms. Dickson is a new to me author. I really enjoyed getting to know her work through this wonderful historical fiction novel! From start to finish, I was pulled into the center of the story and kept there until the very last page was reached.
This book was a double bonus for me! I have always loved Ireland(even if I haven’t ever visited there!) and I have always loved the World War II era. This book is the best of both those worlds. Filled with wonderful details of historic happenings, and characters like Nan and Dutch that quickly steal your heart, I felt like I was transported back into the world of Hitler, and emotions so strong that they become the reader’s emotions.
Ms. Dickson is definitely an author I recommend. She created this 4 star novel with passionate detail to another place in time, and left me feeling all the feels with this book. I loved the story line of redemption and hope. I can’t wait to read another book by this talented author!

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Diego V (43 KP) rated The Shawshank Redemption (1994) in Movies

Mar 24, 2019

The story is amazing showing how prison life is for some of the inmates from Shawshank and Andy dealing with it. (3 more)

The characters like Andy, Red, Samuel, and Byron are memorable. Andy is a character we want to see succeed as well as Red with his charm. While Samuel the warden and Byron the guard are ruthless.

The acting from Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Clancy Brown, and James Whitmore do an amazing job with their acting and making the characters memorable

The production design from the Shawshank Prison is rally great and the music is amazing.

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Shawshank Redemption

The film has a great story, memorable characters, incredible acting, and impressive production design as well as amazing music. This is one of the best films I have ever seen and I watch it whenever it comes on and I also have the DVD. If you’re a fan of Stephen King this movie will make you satisfied as well as non Stephen King fans who never read his books like me.

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Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated the PlayStation 4 version of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey in Video Games

Jun 9, 2019

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey

2018 | Action/Adventure, Role-Playing

8.9

(31 Ratings)

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Kassandra (2 more)

Ancient Greece

100s hours of gameplay

What a game so far as I've only played about 6 hours of gameplay so far and Impressed by the game in my opinion so even better than red dead redemption 2 one of the best open world's I've seen ancient Greece looks amazing it looks so real. Currently playing the game as Kassandra one of my favourite female protagonists in any game I've played u also get the option to play as akexos but I will stick with Kassandra to the end of the game. I also like it when the game gives u the choice to change the outcome of a mission it can be tough but the right decision isn't allways the right one later in the game. also u can choose who to get romantic with either male or female characters u meet along the way. Currently started the sea faring missions with my crew where we will go next that's the exciting part of the game and I'm in for adventure.