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The Dispatcher

John Scalzi

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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One day, not long from now, it becomes almost impossible to murder anyone—999 times out of a...

Room Service

Mindy Wilde

7.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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ometimes it's good to be bad! Lucy is a good girl, at least until her life completely implodes. A...

contemporary erotica fiction novella

Blazing Minds (92 KP) rated I Kill Giants (2017) in Movies

Nov 1, 2021 (Updated Nov 3, 2021)

I Kill Giants (2017)

2017 | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller

7.8

(23 Ratings)

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This is a movie that I have enjoyed so much from start to finish, the giants are amazingly done, you don’t get to see much of them, but when you do, you have the feeling of their sheer power and fear that Barbara is creating in these creatures.

But with the underlying story that her mother is ill and she takes herself off into a fantasy world to battle giants to escape the reality of true-life is so nicely done, I found myself very emotional towards the end of the film, but still lifted that Barbara has fought her way through against giants, bullies and the fears of losing her mother.

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Sep 22, 2025

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Practice to Deceive

Ann Rule

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#1 New York Times bestselling author and Queen of True Crime Ann Rule delivers another gripping...

True crime murder

ClareR (6037 KP) rated The Illumination Of Ursula Flight in Books

Jul 30, 2018

The Illumination Of Ursula Flight

Anna-Marie Crowhurst | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry, Humor & Comedy

9.0

(2 Ratings)

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A bit of feminism in post Puritan England!

Ursula Flight's story takes us from her birth during the time of Charles II, all through her early years and her life as a married woman. She comes from an affluent family, is taught to read, write, speak classic and modern languages, and she loves the idea of writing plays and the theatre (although she has never been). She marries at a very young age, just after her beloved father dies, and her husband couldn't be more different to her own father and family. He is dull, Puritanical (in the true sense of the word), ugly and controlling. Ursula wants more from her life than sewing and bible study (which she shouldn't be reading either - it's not the done thing for a woman to be able to read). And she sets about getting it after she arrives in London.
I loved this book: a bit of feminism set in the latter half of the 1600s. Ursula grabs hold of life and makes it what she wants (partly it's thrust upon her, but she makes the best of it). It's very funny in places and also incredibly moving. A really well-rounded, excellent book, frankly!