LeftSideCut (3778 KP) rated Free Guy (2021) in Movies
Oct 1, 2021
These negatives would usually be enough to complely write off the finished product, but luckily, Free Guy is entertaining as hell. It has some decent action set pieces, never tries to be something it's not, and even managed to wrangle a few laughs out of me. Most importantly, it's fun.
Free Guy has plenty of flaws, but it's shortcomings are just about balanced out by the good, and it will surely appeal to the majority of people who see it. A decent enough switch-off watch.
Facility Integrity Management: Effective Principles and Practices for the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries
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Facility Integrity Management: Effective Principles and Practices for the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical...
Strategies for Rapid Climate Mitigation: Wartime Mobilisation as a Model for Action?
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To keep the global average temperature from rising further than 2 C, emissions must peak soon and...
The Register of Edward Story, Bishop of Chichester, 1478-1503
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Edward Story, fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, and later master of Michaelhouse, was also, in two...
A Last Kiss for Mummy: A Teenage Mum, a Tiny Infant, a Desperate Decision
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Bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson tells the heartbreaking true story of a teenage...
Botanical Miracles: Chemistry of Plants That Changed the World
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As the shortcomings of purely synthetic approaches to biochemical discovery and development are...
Awix (3310 KP) rated When the Tripods Came (The Tripods #4) in Books
Sep 18, 2019
A bit dated, but that's the least of the book's issues. A prequel to the main series was really not required, and the main catalyst for writing it seems to have been the Tripods TV show which was broadcast three or four years earlier. (The TV show the Masters use to take over the world bears a suspicious resemblance to the TV adaptation of the first two books.) It's not really meta, more sort of peeved: peeved at critics of the show's shortcomings, but also peeved at the makers of the show for not doing a better job. As well as being dated, the relationship subplots of the book feel a bit proforma, but the depiction of the world slowly sliding out of human control and the end of modern civilisation is vividly presented in the usual compelling fashion. Whether it should all feel a bit more downbeat and bleak is probably a question of personal taste; Christopher's prose retains its good manners as well as its readability.
The Monster of Farewell (Blacklighters #1)
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Mercury Havenworth My mother always told me I had nothing. No place in civilized society. No moral...
The book tackles each of these items in a series of chapters. Each chapter talks about what the job entails, training needed, salaries, and employment figures. It then concludes with an interview with someone who is currently employed in the field that touches on their background, their job, and what they do and don't like about it.
The book is interesting and covers a range of things that anyone considering a new career would find interesting. However, it does have its shortcomings. At 150 pages, including an appendix of professional associations, the book just barely wets your appetite for more. Each chapter only focuses on one or two jobs and basically lists the others. This means the book isn't one stop shopping, but it does give you a general idea whether you might want to look for further information on the jobs listed.
Additionally, the book was published in the last decade, so some of the information, like salaries, is already out of date. The book focuses on the US, so if you live elsewhere, you'll need to look into local standards, and all the addresses given won't do you any good.
Young Mandela
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Ruthless revolutionary; passionate womaniser; activist; hothead. Meet the young Mandela. Nelson...