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James Koppert (2698 KP) rated Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There in Books

Nov 12, 2019

It makes you want to change the world (0 more)

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Utopia for Realist's

To Bregman a utopia is a place where everyone is doing ok and is happy. He uses science of economics and sociology to demonstrate how easy it is to reach as well. It's looking at new solutions to old problems. He's still a capitalist but he believes by helping the poor not be the poor, capitalism will do very well for itself. Very interesting, exceptionally east to read and brilliant book.

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Dean (6927 KP) rated Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) in Movies

Jan 18, 2020

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

2010 | Action, Comedy, Romance

8.0

(61 Ratings)

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Cool soundtrack (2 more)

Good fight scenes

Good cast list

Quirky mash up comedy

Finally got round to seeing this. Quite a unique film in the style mixing video game imagery, rock music and fight action into a comedy. On the whole it works. The music is good and the fights are well choreographed. I wouldn't say it was laugh out loud funny but fairly amusing in some scenes. Quite a few well known faces in smaller roles here. Bit of a mixed bag but overall good fun.

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Sarah (7799 KP) rated The Familiars in Books

Feb 16, 2020

The Familiars

Stacey Halls | 2019 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics, Thriller

8.5

(8 Ratings)

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I'm a little unsure what to say about this book. It's very well written and it's a great little gothic novel, with a great setting in Lancashire during the time of the Pendle witches. Fleetwood is an endearing if not slightly irrational protagonist and mostly likeable, although I do think some of the other characters were a little underdeveloped. This is just an all round very good and well written novel that I struggled to put down, even if the plot wasn't exactly unpredictable.