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Tamsin Clark (15 KP) rated The Ancient Magus' Bride (2017) in Movies

Jan 20, 2018

The Ancient Magus' Bride (2017)

2017 | Animation, Fantasy, Romance

5.5

(6 Ratings)

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Beautiful Animation (5 more)

Beautiful soundtrack

Well chosen cast

Emotional storyline

Fantasy/horror/action/comedy/drama

Excellent adaptation from the manga

Dubbed voices are awful (0 more)

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I've never been a religious follower of anime in the past. I've delved into it, mostly Studio Ghibli's work and a few others but I never really found a reason to regularly want to tune in and watch an Anime every week. Until Magus' Bride.

From the time of writing this, there have been 14 episodes and every single one has retained consistent high quality of voice acting, storyline and musical score. Not once can I ever say I have been bored or impatient with an episode. Each one will have you questioning your own humanity as you question theirs. You can't help but become attached emotionally to all the characters as they each progress through their own heartbreaking lifelines and each episode brings new and riveting challenges. All the while you're accompanied by amazing scores and haunting singing which strays from the usual cringe-worthy singing in a lot of anime, and stunningly drawn animation.

I could not recommend this any higher. It deserves a 10 and I have no shame giving it that.

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Christine A. (965 KP) rated A Time to Die (Out of Time, #1) in Books

Nov 14, 2018

A Time to Die (Out of Time, #1)

Nadine Brandes | 2014 | Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)

6.0

(2 Ratings)

Book Rating

I was provided with a complimentary copy of this book so I could give an honest review. "A Time to Die" by Nadine Brandes started out as an interesting Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel. People know exactly when they are going to die. That is an interesting concept. We all know we're going to die but would we change how or what we do if we knew exactly when? The main character, Parvin, is a girl that hasn't done much with her life and her time is almost up. Great concept so far. It then changed and started discussing religion and God. I don't mind, and often enjoy, religious studies books but, because I was surprised to find religion such a strong theme throughout, I did not like it in this novel. The description on both Amazon and Goodreads does not mention God or religion. It appeared to be a Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel with an interesting premise. If it had continued in that vein, I would have most likely thoroughly enjoyed it. However, I had to rate it 2 out of 5. "A Time to Die" is the 1st novel in the "Out of Time" series. I will probably not continue reading the series.