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Jacob Reese (14 KP) rated Whiplash (2014) in Movies

Jun 28, 2020  
Whiplash (2014)
Whiplash (2014)
2014 | Drama
10
8.5 (24 Ratings)
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A Heartracing Experience from Start to Finish
This movie is an experience that you will not soon forget. The dedication of Andrew is unlike any other. While many people look at this movie as abuse from a horrible teacher who pushes his students too far which they are certainly not wrong about that. However, this is actually about a young man's dedication to become GREAT. While he goes to true extremes to make that happen. He has a goal and he will go to all extremes to make it happen. He is able to become one of the GREATS only because of what he is able to endure. All great people fight a battle that no one else can see sometimes the battle is worth it sometimes it is not. That is something that every person has to answer for their own battles. Andrew thought his battle was worth it.
  
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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Tears of Tess (Monsters in the Dark, #1) in Books

Jan 11, 2021  
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Tears of Tess (Monsters in the Dark, #1)
Pepper Winters | 2013
7
9.0 (6 Ratings)
Book Rating
3.5 stars.

I dunno with this one. I'm hit and miss with D/s books. Sometimes I like them sometimes I don't. This one, that side of the story, I'm not that big a fan of. I don't always understand it, and I think that was definitely the case with this one.

I loved the storyline and everything--minus the above mentioned thing, anyway--the kidnapping and the owner who isn't all bad. The romance between them. I think it was the sex side of things, I skipped through the first one (at least I think it was the first one? About half way through?) and skimmed the rest, looking for the more romantic take on it all.

Hmm. I'm not sure if I'm intrigued enough to continue the series. I'll think about in my sleep and see how I feel in the morning.
  
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ClareR (5784 KP) rated Anxious People in Books

Jan 25, 2022  
Anxious People
Anxious People
Fredrik Backman | 2020 | Fiction & Poetry
10
10.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
I loved this - Anxious People isn’t so much about anxiety, but it is a book about mental health as a whole. It’s about finding a reason to keep going when you feel that there is no reason to keep going. It shows the strength and importance of human contact and understanding: how we can help those who are struggling with empathy and, sometimes, practical help.

But this isn’t a self-help book. Fredrik Backman weaves his magic and has written a book that has made me laugh and cry in equal measure. I keep telling myself that I shouldn’t like his books (please don’t ask me why, because I don’t think I really know!), but every Backman book that I’ve read has made me feel that humans are essentially decent and will come up trumps in the end. And we all need a bit of that sometimes, don’t we?
  
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Paige (428 KP) rated A Confederacy of Dunces in Books

Jul 29, 2017  
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole | 2016 | Humor & Comedy
10
8.0 (5 Ratings)
Book Rating
So, so funny (1 more)
Set very convincingly in NOLA
Every character in this book is a terrible person (but comically so.) If that bothers you, you should skip it. (0 more)
It's own special flavor of humor, takes a couple pages to really "get it"
Sometimes if I get offended unnecessarily, I picture the main character in this book, reacting with histrionics an I chuckle to myself and move on with my life.
  
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Suswatibasu (1702 KP) rated Deadpool (2016) in Movies

Aug 14, 2017  
Deadpool (2016)
Deadpool (2016)
2016 | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
6
8.7 (283 Ratings)
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Not my favourite superhero action flick
Is it blasphemy to say I didn't think this was a great film? Sometimes the humour seemed to be laid on too thick. And the misogyny just pissed me off. I can never take Ryan Reynolds seriously, he seems to always have the same kind of cocky character in most films. The best part was the subtle jibes against the X-Men universe.