Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated If There's No Tomorrow in Books
Jan 7, 2021
I liked this but failed to be pulled into it completely. Her retelling of the scene and what led up to it and her emotions being all up in the air didn't hit me as hard as they could have. If I'd been fully into the story, I'd have been crying my eyes out.
As for her romance with Sebastian. Well, I liked him a lot but I never understood the self sacrificing behaviour female characters can do sometimes where they push the guy they like/love away. What is with that?
Never the less, I did enjoy this just not as much as some of JLA's other books.
Liev Schreiber recommended Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) in Movies (curated)
Bostonian916 (449 KP) rated Richard Jewell (2019) in Movies
Aug 4, 2020
There are some times that the moving gets a bit slow, but it almost has to in order to tell the story it's conveying.
Sam Rockwell deserves far more credit that he received for his role, and Kathy Bates might have been shunned for a supporting actress award, as well as Jon Hamm for supporting actor.
If you have any interest in history or events from American (or world) history, this movie is definitely worth the time.
Morgan is my Name
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An atmospheric, feminist retelling of the early life of famed villainess Morgan le Fay, set against...
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ClareR (5674 KP) rated The Silence of the Girls in Books
Nov 14, 2018
The violence of war is so graphically described in this novel. Briseis, along with the other slave women, are supposed to care for these mens wounds and fulfil their every (sexual) wish - the very men who had murdered their husbands, fathers and sons.
I've never read a Greek myth from the point of view of the women - they were supposed to be silent. Their stories are forgotten, but Pat Barker brings them to life in this book. We hear their sadness, their worries, their opinions of their masters. I could almost smell the filth, smoke, food and sweat of the Greek camp (in reality, I would imagine that I'd walk in the other direction!).
I've always loved the Greek Myths: I read them as a child and a teenager, and I'm really enjoying the resurgence of these stories at the moment. This novel adds another dimension to these stories, which I really loved. I'd highly recommend this book.
Many thanks to NetGalley and Hamish Hamilton for my copy of this book.
The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition
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The Greek Myths is the definitive and comprehensive edition of Robert Graves's classic imaginative...
BobbiesDustyPages (1259 KP) rated Maleficent (2014) in Movies
Dec 6, 2017
The one thing that I really found that I wasn't a big fan of with how they changed one of my favorite villains of all time. Maleficent was always such a great villain because she literally cursed child because they simply didn't invite her to a party it was one of my favorite things about her and while I did enjoy this version of her I still miss the just flat-out evil that she was in the original cartoon version.
AT (1676 KP) rated Snow White with the Red Hair, Vol. 1 in Books
Jan 17, 2020
A Guinea Pig Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens, Alex Goodwin and Tess Newall
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Fur and fiction combine in this retelling of Charles Dickens's most famous novel, adorably adapted...
Queen Guinevere: Other Stories from the Court of King Arthur
Mary Hoffman and Christina Balit
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"When the messenger rode across our narrow bridge, I was looking out of a window. My blood seemed to...