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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2395 KP) rated The Nowhere Man (Orphan X, #2) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
The Nowhere Man (Orphan X, #2)
The Nowhere Man (Orphan X, #2)
Gregg Hurwitz | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry, Mystery, Thriller
8
7.8 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
Evan Smoak is working to take down a human trafficking ring, but as he finds a last piece he needs to stop, he is captured by forces unknown. When he wakes up, he has no idea where he is. Can he escape?

I’m not usually a fan of plotlines where we follow a prisoner, and this book definitely fell into some of those pacing pitfalls. Still, this was a fun read with good twists to keep things fresh, and I was turning pages quickly most of the time. The character development for Evan was quite interesting here, and he is surrounded by a mostly strong cast of new characters, although one of them felt over the top. Overall, a fun, page turning thriller.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2017/05/book-review-nowhere-man-by-gregg.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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David McK (3600 KP) rated Daylight (1996) in Movies

Apr 11, 2021 (Updated Apr 11, 2021)  
Daylight (1996)
Daylight (1996)
1996 | Action, Drama
6
6.5 (4 Ratings)
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1996 disaster movie with Sylvester Stallone (and an early role for Viggo Mortenson) as a disgraced Fire and Rescue chief, who has to help a disparate group of survivors escape from a collapsed tunnel 100 feet below the Hudson river following explosions which have sealed off said tunnel.

As such, this ticks all the boxes of the genre: race against time? Check. Trapped family group? Check. Feisty female companion? Check. Helpful red-out-by-family-group description of tunnel in early portions of movie? Check. Tragic past for hero? Check. Convicts who 'turn good' and help out? Check.

It even has a Chekhov's Gun, people!

(for those uninitiated: Chekov's Gun is a dramatic principle that states every element in a story must be necessary e.g. if a 'gun' is introduced in Act 1 it must go off in Act 3)
  
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Blake Jenner recommended Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) in Movies (curated)

 
Ferris Bueller&#039;s Day Off (1986)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
1986 | Comedy
8.0 (56 Ratings)
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"That one’s awesome. I love that one, and I ditched school so many f—ing times, man. I can’t even count. There were times when I went to school so far from where my friends were, so I would leave. I’d catch a bus and a train and another bus just to go hang out with them. Just wanting to have a day away to escape and feel like the everyday, teenage superhero for just guilty pleasure desires rather than actually having superpowers. I just love that movie. It’s so good. I love when he does “Danke Schoen,” and when he does “Twist & Shout.” He does “Twist & Shout” in the parade. That’s super badass. I want to be Ferris in that. That’s the moment that makes me feel like, “All right, I want to be Ferris. I want to be Ferris Bueller.”"

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