Awix (3310 KP) rated The Death of Grass in Books
Sep 5, 2019
Particularly strong on characterisation and the impact of the disaster on the protagonist: initially a decent upper-middle-class chap, John Custance finds the survival of his family requires him to condone (and even commit) acts of betrayal, murder, and maybe even worse things. Powerful ideas, and Christopher's no-nonsense style lets them into the reader's mind where they linger uncomfortably. A fine book that deserves to be better known.
Sara Cox (1845 KP) rated Athena's Choice in Books
Oct 8, 2019
But does Athena decide to bring men back or does she think the world is better without them?
Barry Newman (204 KP) rated A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) in Movies
Jun 12, 2020
Dead of Eve (Trilogy of Eve, #1)
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A virus devastates humanity. Few men survive. The rest are monsters. The women are dead, except...
Of Blood and Bone (Chronicles of The One)
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Thirteen years ago, a catastrophic pandemic known as The Doom killed billions. For those left...
Surviving The Evacuation, Book 3: Family
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The undead rose. Nations collapsed. Some people survived. Three months after escaping from London,...
Doomsday Book (2012)
Movie
The First Chapter of The Anthology Film- In A Brave New World, a mysterious virus brings the city to...
David McK (3369 KP) rated Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) in Movies
Mar 24, 2021 (Updated Jan 22, 2023)
I don't think I'd seen this film since the early noughties.
If you asked me what I remember of it, I probably would have said
Thandie Newton
Masks
Slow motion. Lot and lots of slow motion.
And that is actually pretty accurate: directed by John Woo, this has an overabundance of Slo-Mo shots and has Tom Cruise and Ving Rhames both reprising their role from the first film.
It's also slightly uncomfortable watching this now (with the world still in the grip of a global pandemic), as the driver for the plot is - guess what - a deadly virus getting loose.
(oh, and in one of cinemas great 'what if' : I believe that Dougray Scott had to turn down the role of Wolverine as he was busy filming this)
Wish You Were Here
Book
Diana O'Toole's life is going perfectly to plan. At twenty-nine, she's up for promotion to her dream...
Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Dead Shore in Books
May 9, 2023
Kindle
Dead Shore
By Jack Rollins
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They're coming for you and your child. How fast can you run?
When a group of teenagers mess around with a washed-up dolphin carcass, Karen and her toddler Charlie are caught in a wave of chaos and violence as one by one the residents of Ashmouth fall prey to a deadly virus, transforming them into relentless, violent zombies. Allying herself with Dean, one of the teenage boys, Karen must stay strong and alert as the world she knows crumbles around her and there appears to be no way out. Is the village doomed, and will this zombie outbreak remain contained?
A quick burst of zombie action well written but not much different to what we normally read, except these zombies seem to have a plan.