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David McK (3932 KP) rated The City in Books

Jan 30, 2019  
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The City
Stella Gemmell | 2013
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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David Gemmell is/was one of my favourite authors.

However, he passed away in 2006 while finishing the final novel in his <i>Troy</i> trilogy (<i>Fall of Kings</i>), which was then finished by his second wife Stella.

<i>The City</i> is her first fully solo outing. Following recent trends, this definitely weighs in on the 'epic' side of the fantasy scales: think 'A Game of Thrones', where one novel is the size of three what I would term 'normal' reads. Indeed, the novel itself is split into various sections: personally I feel that it could have been split into two or maybe three separate books rather than under the one cover.

<i>The City</i> of the title (which is never actually named) is ancient and bloated, locked in an endless war with its enemies. Built over centuries, it reminded me somewhat of a passage in one of Pratchett's Discworld books (I forget which, and referring to Ankh-Morpork), something along the lines of:

'the main thing Ankh-Morpork is built on is Ankh-Morpork'.

That could be a pretty fair description of The City as well!

I also found some sections to be slow-moving, and while I never lost interest in the story, it also never really grabbed me, seeming to lack that certain something to turns a good story into a great story.

Would I read more by Stella Gemmell? At the moment, I'm undecided.
  
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Sawyer (231 KP) rated The Man in the High Castle - Season 1 in TV

Dec 19, 2017  
The Man in the High Castle - Season 1
The Man in the High Castle - Season 1
2015 | Sci-Fi
2
7.7 (10 Ratings)
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The man in the High Castle is a beautifully crafted story of an alternate 1960s timeline where the axis won worldWar 2 now America has been split in the middle by the Germans and Japanese incorporating their culture and beliefs into everyday life the story follows a few different individuals who's lives are changed forever when they come across and watch propaganda films that show a very different outcome of World War 2 these films inspire hope and are quickly becoming the strongest weapon in the resistance Arsenal
  
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Stephen (210 KP) rated Glass (2019) in Movies

Feb 28, 2019 (Updated Mar 2, 2019)  
Glass (2019)
Glass (2019)
2019 | Drama, Thriller
7
7.0 (72 Ratings)
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The Tale Continues...
I was really looking forward to watching ‘Glass’ as I thought ‘Split’ and ‘Unbreakable’ were fantastic films. ‘Glass’ is here to round off the storylines from those two movies, and it sets out to achieve that. However, I just couldn’t seem to connect emotionally to the film, despite outstanding performances from the cast. I also felt the film could have done with being shorter, and I also found myself getting confused with certain parts of the plot. Overall it’s a good movie, but I feel the ending let the whole thing down - there is a slight twist, then everything takes the safe and boring route to end the movie.