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    Eliza Starting at 16

    Eliza Starting at 16

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    A now eighteen-year-old girl in New York City - with a podcast I started at age 16 - here to explain...

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Eleanor (1463 KP) rated The Night She Disappeared in Books

Aug 1, 2021  
The Night She Disappeared
The Night She Disappeared
Lisa Jewell | 2021 | Mystery, Thriller
8
8.5 (4 Ratings)
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A gripping mystery surrounding the disappearance of 2 teenagers. As always Jewell's writing keeps you hooked and although I could have been happier with a shorter version I still didn't want to put it down.

Many thanks to the author, NetGalley, and the publisher for a copy
  
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Lenard (726 KP) rated Ma (2019) in Movies

Jul 2, 2019  
Ma (2019)
Ma (2019)
2019 | Horror, Thriller
5
5.7 (32 Ratings)
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Olivia Spencer gives a tour de force performance as a "unbalanced" veterinary assistant. I call it "unbalanced" because it is not really clear whether or not she is mentally ill, sociopathic, or just megalomaniacal. In Ma, a teenager moves back to her mom's hometown and makes friends with a group of teenagers who include the son of a prominent businessman. The friends with nothing to do in the town decide to get some booze and go down in the quarry to drink it, like a bunch of teenagers from the 70s. How to get the booze is the problem. Then, Sue Ann whom the teens start to call Ma, out walking one of the canine patients reluctantly agrees. Given how uncool she was in high school, she attempts to be the cool adult to these teenagers. However her social skills need a lot of work and she ends up seeming a little off to everyone. At this point, she goes off the handle and starts to torment the teenagers and all of her former classmates from high school, including Erica (the single mother), Ben (the divorced father), and Mercedes (Ben's slutty lover). She also for no discernible reason other than she just plain dislikes her murders her boss, the town veterinarian which seems irresponsible. In the end, the teenagers are able to save themselves from the twisted Ma, burn down her house, and Ma decides to cuddle up with the "love of her life" Ben who had raped her in high school. Maybe it is a comment on toxic masculinity and the effects it has on weaker women or the bonds formed between a rapist and his victim. Either way the film leaves many questions and is only saved by the performance of Olivia Spencer.