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Eleanor (1463 KP) rated Pieces Of Her in Books

Aug 11, 2019

Pieces Of Her

Karin Slaughter | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry, Mystery, Thriller

6.6

(11 Ratings)

Book Rating

Frustratingly useless lead drags down an interesting thriller

You can always rely on Slaughter to produce a well written book and this is no exception. Unfortunately, she decided to write a totally useless main character whose inability to do anything useful dragged the story down for me.

Andrea (Andy) is a 31 year old still leaving at home and seemingly unable to have a meaningful relationship with anyone. On a trip to the mall, with her seemingly ordinary mum Laura, her world is turned upside down when a violent attack throws her mum into the spotlight. It soon becomes clear that Laura has been hiding a secret past from Andy.

It’s all quite dramatic and I was certainly curious to learn more of Laura’s past it was just a shame that we had to go along with the wet behind the ears Andy to find it out. Most parts from Andy’s perspective left me wanting to shout “get on with it” and despite this perhaps realistic reaction to very unusual circumstances it was just frustrating to read. Other parts of the book were set back in the 80s and were more enjoyable to read.

The story as a whole was interesting if a tad to far fetched given how naive Andy is it didn’t even need to be that off the wall for her to be totally thrown for a loop.

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Lindsay (1807 KP) rated The Haunting Of Hillwood Farm in Books

Jan 21, 2019

The Haunting Of Hillwood Farm

Kathryn Knight | 2019 | Fiction & Poetry, Paranormal, Romance

9.0

(1 Ratings)

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There seems to be a haunting at the Hillwood farm, but maybe there are two hauntings? No one knows why there a mean one or violent ghost? Alice is be attacked but also be helped by her husband Henry? It gets so bad that Callie is called in to help?

Luke seem to no want to believe that there are ghosts? You will be surprised as the event continue to happen when Luke and Callie are together and when they are apart? One is trying to get warn and one is about danger?

We get everything the author wants in a story. We get hauntings and the paranormal effect and along with it we get a romance that blooms. Whether this is the author intent or not, does not matter as it seem to just happen.

The plot is done well. I loved it. It one that got my attention as I was reading. I wanted to know who the ghosts were. Especially the one that was haunting the Turners and Callie? This is answered at the end. The reason for two ghost and who was who is revealed. One was protecting and the was hurtful? We find out why it happen as well. If you are into hauntings or ghosts or even paranormal aspect in the book this one is good.

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated The Invisible Man (1933) in Movies

Mar 4, 2020

The Invisible Man (1933)

1933 | Horror, Sci-Fi

7.7

(6 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Universal Monster

This movie is such a classic, it came out after dracula, frankenstein and the mummy. Out of all the universal monster movies, i like this one the most. It combines sci-fi, horror, psychological espects, and overall the invisible man just being a dick/asshole to everybody in his pathway. This classic movie is based off of a H.G. Wells novel, and if you dont know who that is, look him up..."The War of the Worlds".

The plot: While researching a new drug, Dr. Jack Griffin (Claude Rains) stumbles on a potion that can make him invisible. When he reveals his new ability to his old mentor (Henry Travers) and his fiancée (Gloria Stuart), it's clear that a side effect of the potion is insanity. Jack goes on a violent rampage, and the police struggle to hunt him down, unable to see their target, while his mentor and his former partner (William Harrigan) desperately try to devise a plan to capture him.

You have Claude Rains playing "The Invisible Man", he is excellent in this film. Cause like i said his charcter is just a dick/asshole to everybody in his pathway but has a heart of gold for his love.

If you havent seen this film, i would highly recordmend it, cause it is fantasic and phenomenal.

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AJaneClark (3975 KP) rated The Prison Doctor in Books

Apr 19, 2020

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A quick and interesting read

From the back of the book: Dr Amanda Brown treats inmates in the U.K.’s most infamous prisons. From miraculous pregnancies to dirty protests, and from violent attacks on prisoners to heartbreaking attacks of self harm, she has witnessed it all from her patients. In this eye-opening, inspirational memoir, Amanda reveal stories, the patients and the cases that have shaped a career spent helping those in need. Despite their crimes, she is still their doctor.

I am not a regular non-fiction reader, but reading Adam Kay’s: This is Going to Hurt, inspired me to find and read further uniquely real life stories.

Dr Amanda Brown does not disappoint when recalling her departure from medicine in a general practice to handling very different and sometimes scary situations working as a doctor in prisons. We follow the doc on her journey from a boys youth prison, through Wormwood Scrubs and finally HMP Bronzfield. Dr Amanda Brown shares with the readers some of the highs and lows she faced when working with prisoners and briefly recounts the battles she faced with herself and with the politics of working in an institute with rules and regulations. For anyone that likes this genre I would definitely suggest giving this one a read.