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AT (1676 KP) rated After the Quake in Books

Jul 13, 2019  
After the Quake
After the Quake
Haruki Murakami | 2002 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is a fictional book of short stories. Each story focuses on a character and his or her life in a period of time after the earthquake in Kobe, Japan in 1995. I think the book was probably better than I think it was. Honestly, I think I'm thinking too deeply about a couple of the stories, and I'm missing the simplicity. The stories were all interesting on a personal level, though.
  
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Dean (6927 KP) rated Black Site (2022) in Movies

Sep 18, 2022  
Black Site (2022)
Black Site (2022)
2022 | Action, Thriller
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Nice set design (1 more)
Good Cast
Very poor plot (1 more)
Terrible Cgi scenes
One for the Black list
The most recent Sky Original film set at a Black Site facility. Despite a talented cast the plot and story are quite simple. Rather slow and boring to get going for a short film. Almost more Slasher film than action once a character goes on the rampage. The apparent twist was obvious from the start. One to miss.
  
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ClareR (6062 KP) rated Fourteen Days in Books

Sep 22, 2024  
Fourteen Days
Fourteen Days
Margaret Atwood, Douglas Preston | 2024 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I enjoyed Fourteen Days, and it was a very handy book to read at the time. I was hanging around a hospital (my mum was ill, but recovered now), and the short story style was just what I needed to distract myself when I couldn’t really concentrate.

This is set in New York, and is based around an apartment block during the Covid 19 lockdown at the beginning of the pandemic. The inhabitants meet on the roof, keeping the required distance from one another, and tell stories of their lives pre-Covid.

A constant background is the noise from the ambulances delivering sick people to the nearby hospital.

Fourteen Days was written by several authors, each telling the story of a different inhabitant of the apartment block. The reader isn’t aware of who has written which story until the end. I liked this, because it didn’t give me any preconceived ideas of what the stories would be like - and there are some very different writing styles. The janitor runs throughout the novel, collecting all of the stories, telling her own story and trying to solve an ever-present mystery within the walls of the apartment block.

An enjoyable book, and I can definitely say that its a great book to dip in and out of when you’re short on time (or read all one one go if you can!).
  
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Roxanne (13 KP) rated Coraline in Books

Nov 14, 2018  
Coraline
Coraline
Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell | 2013 | Children
6
8.4 (41 Ratings)
Book Rating
___ 3 'Creepy' Stars

I'm going to be totally honest here...if I was just rating Coraline then I probably would of given this book 5 Stars as I enjoyed that story very much. It was creepy, atmospheric, well written and I really liked the artwork. I adored the animated film but have only now gotten around to reading the story that inspired its making. I just knew I was going to love reading the original story.
What let this book down, in my opinion, was all of the other short stories that followed. I enjoyed maybe 2 other stories but when reading the rest I was looking forward to finally finishing the book. For this reason I had to knock off 2 stars...but Coraline really was great.