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Dreams of Speaking

Gail Jones

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'We must talk, Alice Black, about this world of modern things. This buzzing world.' Alice is...

Ross (3284 KP) rated The Change 6: Tokyo: Noriko's Story in Books

Nov 6, 2020

The Change 6: Tokyo: Noriko's Story

Guy Adams | 2017 | Science Fiction/Fantasy

7.0

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A decent self-contained post-apocalyptic novella

The (seemingly) final instalment in the Change series takes another turn and moves setting to the Japanese capital Tokyo. Where we have seen western cities pretty much out of control and descended into either Walking Dead style chaos or Mad Max style tribalism, we now have Tokyo. Everything is controlled by an AI called HA/HA. Noriko's story is told by a narrator, whose identity isn't revealed until late on and is a nice twist. She is on the run from the Electric Samurai, sentinel-like robots that police the city, just trying to get home. As with the rest of the series, she meets strange people along the way and sees unusual events.
Unlike with the previous books, this one has a satisfying ending. Sadly, it didn't close off the loose ends from the other books as I had hoped.

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Kim Pook (101 KP) rated 50/50 (2011) in Movies

Sep 10, 2020

50/50 (2011)

2011 | Comedy, Drama

8.3

(6 Ratings)

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After suffering for a while with back pain and night sweats, 27 year old Adam goes to the doctors and discovers he has a rare form of cancer with only a 50% chance of survival. This is a story of how he tries to come to terms with his diagnosis. There's happiness, sadness and of course struggles. It shows the reality of how having cancer can affect not only you but those around you too, including the harsh reality of a loved one walking away because they can't handle it.
The movie was enjoyable for the most part, but I do think they should have just kept it as a drama only, rather than try to make it a comedy too. Joseph Gordon Levitt did a fantastic job, but I felt seth rogens scenes needed toning down, they were too full on for this kind of movie.