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Sarah (7800 KP) rated Transcription in Books

Jun 6, 2019

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Kate Atkinson | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry

8.5

(4 Ratings)

Book Rating

Good but not memorable

I really struggle with books like this. It's well written with a fairly engaging plot, but is just ultimately unforgettable. It probably doesn't help that it's a book about spies which has been done better by someone like John Le Carre. Don't get me wrong this isn't a bad spy novel, it just doesn't build any real intrigue or tension. Juliet is a likeable main character if not as fully developed as she should be, and overall I did enjoy reading this book. But for me it's a sign of how unremarkable it is that I wouldn't ever go out of my way to recommend it to someone, and will likely have forgotten all about it by next week.

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The Marinated Meeple (1853 KP) rated Turn - Season 2 in TV

Aug 31, 2018

Turn - Season 2

2015 | Drama

8.0

(1 Ratings)

TV Season Rating

The small stories. (2 more)

interplay between people

time period

Historical Drama done right

What's great about watching history play out is feeling like you understand it better thru people and how they see and deal with it. This series does it right. Even if you don't like "Spy" movies, this is about the people and what choices they make or don't make, the things they do to further the history or follow the tide that pulls them. I also feel like it doesn't just focus on the big names we know like Washington, this focuses on the locals in a small section, but influences the greater part. I really enjoyed the first three seasons and I'm now working on the 4th.

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The Marinated Meeple (1853 KP) rated Turn - Season 3 in TV

Aug 31, 2018

Turn - Season 3

2016 | Drama

8.0

(1 Ratings)

TV Season Rating

the plot twists (1 more)

Watching history play out

How the country was founded on a small personal scale

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Lenard (726 KP) rated Anna (2019) in Movies

Jul 1, 2019

Anna (2019)

2019 | Action, Thriller

6.2

(19 Ratings)

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Luc Besson loves to make intricately plotted action movies. Anna is set near the end of the Cold War. The CIA and KGB use whatever methods they can to gain an advantage. In 1990, the KGB captured several CIA operatives and Agent Miller is seriously pissed off. At the same time, a Russian junkie is tracked down by the KGB to become a sleeper agent. But Anna, once she cleans up, is a striking beauty who wants to be free. Luc Besson keeps the viewer guessing on who is the puppet and who is the puppet master. Anna is Luc's calling card to write the new Black Widow movie about a KGB agent who turns into a spy for the US.