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Lauren Louise Reynolds (45 KP) rated Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine in Books

Aug 10, 2018 (Updated Aug 10, 2018)

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman | 2017 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry

8.6

(80 Ratings)

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Eleanor is my hero

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Oh man, oh man.
This book is unbelievably amazing.
*spoilers*
I love Eleanor and how the book was split into her good days, bad days and finally her better days.
Being someone who has been in the depressive state as Eleanor had been I could relate so deeply I cried. She didn't realise how important and loved she was to people around her.
She got help, so incrediblely brave.
Finding out Mummy was all in her head hit me like a tonne of bricks.
Her views made me laugh and I love the Britishness of everything.
And the end was incredible!

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David McK (3721 KP) rated Hunter's Rage (Civil War Chronicles, #3) in Books

Jan 30, 2019

The third in Michael Arnold's <i>Civil War Chronicles</i>, again following the exploits of Captain Stryker and his men, who are fighting for the (doomed) Royalist cause.

At the start of this particular entry, Stryker and his men are unknowingly behind enemy lines, after the cessation of a brief truce. This novel could also be split into three main sections: the first dealing with their journey back to their own side of the lines, the second with what is effectively a siege that they are forced to undergo while on that journey, and the final part with the battle of Stratton.

As before, this was a thoroughly entertaining read!

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Ross (3284 KP) rated Captain Marvel, Volume 2: Stay Fly in Books

Jul 31, 2019

Decent but not for me

I get that I am not the target market for this incarnation of Captain Marvel. This collection is split roughly in three. The story surrounding Chewie, with Rocket, was good, funny and well written. The second story, trying to save a rock star from an arranged marriage, was tedious drivel (similar to volume 1's Phantom Menace trade negotiations rubbish), and the third was slightly more what I would have expected from Marvel, a villain's attempt to take over New York.
A good collection for a character that some might really love, but definitely not my cup of tea.