Evil of Dracula (1974)
7.5
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Dracula, played by an uncredited caucasian, was shipwrecked in the 1600s in Japan, when Christianity...
Debbiereadsbook (1097 KP) rated A Pinky Promise in Books
Aug 8, 2022
I'm not really sure how I feel about this book. It's not a bad book, by any means, it just didn't float my boat, at all.
I mean, it's reasonably well written, from Creena's point of view. I found I wasn't really liking Creena though. Can't pinpoint why, however!
There are some gaps in the plot, one-minute Creena is shipwrecked, and the next, it's 2 years later. I would have liked some deeper insight to that time period: how she discovers the things she does, and what she does then. Not saying what she discovers, cos spoilers.
And the end is kinda cut off suddenly. So, there's that. An epilogue might have tied up the loose ends.
I liked the premise, it just doesn't deliver, for ME.
3 stars
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David McK (3222 KP) rated Robin Hood and the Caliph's Gold in Books
Mar 26, 2020
As such, this starts with Robin and his men trying to make their way back to England from the Holy Land, with the entire story told (as are all the others) in first person narrative, and from the point of view of Alan a Dale, the true protagonist of these stories (let's face it, Robin isn't always a very nice man...)
Shipwrecked on the way home, this sets off a series of circumstances and encounters that sees Robin and his men hatching a plan to steal the Caliph's Gold (it's all there in the title!), with many a ferocious battle and deeds of derring do throughout.
Having recently just having read one of Angus Donald's other historical works (the Blood series: last one I read was Bloods Campaign), I have to say: I think I prefer the medieval setting of these novels better, with Alan a Dale coming across as a more relatable character than Holcroft Blood.
Crime's Strangest Cases: Extraordinary But True Tales from Over Five Centuries of Legal History
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Author Peter Seddon gives life to over five centuries of bizarre, macabre and sometimes hilarious...
Over Raging Tides (Lady Pirates, #1)
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The pirate crew of the Lady Luck lives by many rules, but chief among them is this: they do not...
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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Admirable Crichton (1957) in Movies
Feb 23, 2019 (Updated Feb 23, 2019)
The Admirable Crichton seems incredibly dated nowadays, but it probably did so back in 1957 as well. Its preoccupation with the class system perhaps feels a bit quaint, but the story predicated on it is still involving - Lord Loam's daughter and Crichton fall in love, but can only be together in the class-inverted society they create on the island; there are similar subplots. It's fairly amusing in a broad sort of way, but the moments that stick with you are the ones of sadness and regret. It's hard to imagine a modern rom-com having the bravery to serve up an ending as downbeat as this one. Probably works better as a comedy-drama, to be honest; does so rather well.
Tinker Island
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Shipwrecked on a deserted island! Only you can help the survivors escape... You're cast away on a...
Black Science: How to Fall Forever: Volume 1
Rick Remender, Matteo Scalera and Dean White
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"A must-read for Remender's fans or anyone thrilled by bizarre and compelling sci-fi." Starred...
The Solitudes
Alberto Manguel, Luis de Gongora and Edith Grossman
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An epic masterpiece of world literature, in a magnificent new translation by one if the most...
Tik-Tok of Oz
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Join Tik-Tok, the Shaggy Man, and a host of other friends--both old and new--on an exciting,...