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Amy McManus (5 KP) rated Why Mummy Drinks in Books

Aug 23, 2019  
Why Mummy Drinks
Why Mummy Drinks
Gill Sims | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.1 (7 Ratings)
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Funny and relatable for the modern day mum (0 more)
Language is very simplified (0 more)
Really funny storyline and very relatable for most mums in modern society. The language and writing technique is very simplified but for newbies to reading this could be absolutely perfect.
  
    The Last Laugh (1924)

    The Last Laugh (1924)

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    An aging doorman is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbors and society after being fired...

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    GameSpot

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TacoDave (3643 KP) rated Lord of the Flies in Books

May 23, 2019  
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
William Golding | 1954 | Fiction & Poetry, Young Adult (YA)
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7.4 (94 Ratings)
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Engaging (2 more)
Good pace
Believable characters and plot
Brutal violence (0 more)
A brutal classic
"Lord of the Flies" is a classic for a reason. It is the story of a bunch of boys who survive a plane crash and are stranded on an island together. They get along well at first, but soon the pressures of their situation cause cracks in their 'society' and they form into two groups that clash with each other, sometimes violently.

The idea that human civilization is fragile is examined, but not through exposition, rather through the actions of the characters in the story. Are humans inherently violent? Is peaceful society an illusion, one tragedy away from breakdown?

If you've never read this book - or seen one of the movie versions - be aware that it gets brutal at times. There is violence and bloodshed and not everyone escapes unharmed. But it is a fascinating story of civility and civilization and what it means to be a human in a stable society.
  
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Eilidh G Clark (177 KP) rated Herland, the Yellow Wall-Paper, and Selected Writings in Books

Jul 2, 2019  
Herland, the Yellow Wall-Paper, and Selected Writings
Herland, the Yellow Wall-Paper, and Selected Writings
Charlotte Perkins Gilman | 2010 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.0 (3 Ratings)
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Feminist text (0 more)
Clunky (0 more)
This was both fun and grim
This was an interesting book and for all you feminists out there, quite amusing. The author covered a range of issues which are still relevant today such as, the way food is grown, cultivated and harvested, the values of being kind to the earth. It covered the way that children are educated. There is an excellent piece on religion which I personally found amusing, being an atheist. Considering the time period in which the novella was written, this book is like a mirror on society, especially a patriarchal society.
The sentence structure is clunky, annoyingly long but typical of late Victorian work. The ending is frustrating as it is left wide open without answers. Yet putting that aside, I really liked it. It is not my ideal female utopia, but I am sure for Perkins, in an oppressive male dominated society, it was.
  
    The Psychologist

    The Psychologist

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    The Psychologist, from the British Psychological Society, is packed with the latest science of mind...