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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Aftermath (Aftermath, #1) in Books

Jan 6, 2021  
Aftermath (Aftermath, #1)
Aftermath (Aftermath, #1)
Cara Dee | 2013
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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I got this as a freebie a while ago and I like to read a M/M Romance every so often to mix up my reading.

It sounded quite good from the synopsis, and I'm not saying it isn't, but it wasn't as good as I thought it would be. Well not to me it wasn't, anyway.

I didn't feel the romantic build up between them. Yeah, they shared a cell with each other for five months and grew close but I can't say I saw when it clicked, it just sort of was.

The best bit for me was the ending; the proposal.

I will admit that I'm intrigued as to the follow-on story of Chase and Remy. What's going to happen there?
  
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Jeremy Renner recommended Braveheart (1995) in Movies (curated)

 
Braveheart (1995)
Braveheart (1995)
1995 | Drama, History, War
8.2 (49 Ratings)
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"Braveheart was another one that sort of encapsulates a lot of themes, and it’s very cinematic, it’s beautiful. I love the simplicity of that world, I’m a cowboy at heart. And I just love the idea of sort of, like, meat and hands and dirt and filth. I think the action was tremendous and violent and brutal. I thought the love story was delicate and romantic and beautiful and deeply felt. I love the sort of underdog themes: every man in his circumstance, these are things that sort of run deep in my body. The performances were great. I feel like if I was born in another era, it would be in that time or it’s a time I would like to be in. Really, really fantastic."

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Stephen Merchant recommended The Apartment (1960) in Movies (curated)

 
The Apartment (1960)
The Apartment (1960)
1960 | Classics, Comedy, Drama
9.5 (2 Ratings)
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"Number one that always springs to mind is Billy Wilder’s The Apartment. I’m sure you’re familiar with that film. It’s one of those movies which manages to combine all sorts of flavors. People tend to think of it as a romantic comedy, but actually it has some quite dark elements; the Shirley MacLaine character tries to kill herself at one point. And that’s the sort of movie, I like to think — in terms of the sort of films I would like to try and make — are films which are hard to pigeonhole. It has elements of humor, maybe, but there’s also drama in there. Billy Wilder’s one of my heroes, because I think he’s able to sort of step between different genres and make masterpieces."

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Tom Turner (388 KP) rated The Rogue (Traitor Spy Trilogy, #2) in Books

Apr 30, 2021  
The Rogue (Traitor Spy Trilogy, #2)
The Rogue (Traitor Spy Trilogy, #2)
Trudi Canavan | 2011
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
The paving issues from the previous book where definitely less evident here. Really enjoying the plot, though, I did find Dannyl's story dragging a bit, but having learnt Canavan's habit of pulling loose threads together, I am guessing this will all make sense by the end of the last book. She still has a tendency to not develop the affection between people will, so some (though not all) romantic interests seem to come out of nowhere, though I wouldn't exactly call it instalove, it does border on it at times.

Still a very enjoyable read, and I'm both looking forward to finishing the whole story, as well as wanting to put it off because I don't want it to end.
  
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James Dean Bradfield recommended track Welcome To The Jungle by Guns N' Roses in Appetite for Destruction by Guns N' Roses in Music (curated)

 
Appetite for Destruction by Guns N' Roses
Appetite for Destruction by Guns N' Roses
1987 | Rock
7.8 (5 Ratings)
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Welcome To The Jungle by Guns N' Roses

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"I tapped into this song because until I was 18, 19 I really hadn’t been out of Wales very much, and then I was going to London with the band and doing these pub gigs. I had a couple of experiences in London where I thought, “This isn’t the way they do it back home!” Welcome to the Jungle is about this guy from Indiana [Axl Rose] stepping off the Greyhound bus and landing in west Hollywood somewhere – welcome to the jungle! In a romantic way, Richey’s Vauxhall Astra became my Greyhound bus when we all drove up, and the song spoke to me in that way. Guns N’ Roses were a massive influence on us in the early days."

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