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Charlotte_14 (68 KP) rated ICED MALICE Detective Kendall Halsrud #2 in Books

Sep 26, 2019  
ICED MALICE Detective Kendall Halsrud #2
ICED MALICE Detective Kendall Halsrud #2
Marla Madison | 2015 | Crime, Mystery
5
7.5 (2 Ratings)
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Iced Malice Marla Madison

When I started reading this book I wasn’t aware that it was part of a series, but it became apparent that I was missing a lot of back story to fully understand the content of parts of the story, especially between Ryan and Brynn, and Kendell and Nash.
 I would recommend that others do start this series with the first Detective Kendall Halsrud novel “Relative Malice” I imagine this will set the scene for Iced Malice as this is book 2 out of 4.
Even with having to work with missing plot keys I found Iced Malice to be an enjoyable crime mystery. I found it easy to get sucked into the mystery of the stories as they are more than one case happening during the course of the story. I’m not sure if it’s with me not starting with book 1 but I seemed to keep getting lost and in a permanent position of confusion.
I may have to come back to this again after I find the 1st book. It will not be for a while as I have a pile of books that I need to get through before any rereading takes place. So at present I feel I can only give Iced Malice 5/10
  
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David McK (3232 KP) rated Saving Private Ryan (1998) in Movies

Jan 9, 2022  
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
1998 | Action, Drama, War
8
8.9 (91 Ratings)
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First, let me start with an admission: I'd never actually seen this film before, even if it is (now) nearly 25 years old!

Oh, I was aware of it all right - I even remember seeing the posters in the cinemas when it first came out - but it just never really appealed to me all that much.

War movies rarely do.

I was also aware of the reputation it held, in particular because of brutality of the opening D-Day Normandy landing scenes (which still pack a punch today).

In case you've been living under a rock? The story follows a group of eight soldiers, led by Tom Hanks Captain Tom Miller (and including an early breakout role for Vin Diesel - who actually has hair!), who have been detailed to find and return home an American Paratrooper (the Private Ryan of the title, played by Matt Damon) who has been dropped somewhere in Europe after that paratrooper's three brothers are all killed during those landings. Cue them traipsing across war-torn lands, with the occasional musing on whether it is worth potentially losing eight men to rescue one, and with the drama largely provided by the fact that you never quite know who is going to survive or get bumped off next!