Smashbomb

Search

Search results

All (5000)

Content

Meghan Udell recommended The Odyssey in Books (curated)

"On the surface the Odyssey is a hero’s book about journey and adventure, but just beneath the main storyline rests a feminist arc of subtly navigating a man’s world without sacrificing your ideals. For me, Penelope, Odysseus’s faithful wife, is my favorite character. A skilled manipulator, Penelope cunningly evades unwanted suitors by claiming to knit or weave (depending on the translation you read) a funeral shroud for her elderly Father-in-Law. She pledges that upon completion of the shroud, she will remarry, but as a stall tactic she secretly undoes her work at night."

Source

Kudos

Neneh Cherry recommended Daughter of Fortune in Books (curated)

"My daughter Tyson and I went to hear Allende talk in Stockholm at Kulturhuset, which was great. I love her so much, and often think about her telling us how in the first days of January every year she starts a new book. I adore the picture of her always dressed up to the nines in heels and makeup, walking out to her shed in back of her garden... like a warrior going into battle... and then giving like people me a chance to fly with those tales... “Daughter of Fortune” is a fantastic adventure."

Source

Kudos

David McK (3562 KP) rated The Book of Eli (2010) in Movies

Oct 16, 2020

The Book of Eli (2010)

2010 | Action, Sci-Fi

7.4

(24 Ratings)

Movie Rating

2010 post apocalyptic action/adventure, which is about as close as I've ever come to seeing the author David Gemmell's character of Jon Shannow (aka The Jerusalem Man) on screen!

Let's see the similarities:

Post apocalyptic? Check.
Essentially a Western? Check.
Lone survivor wandering the plains/roads? Check.
Said survivor looking for redemption? Check.
Whilst carrying/quoting from a Bible? Check.
Gunfights and bar-room brawls? Check.

Yes, there are differences - including a very big reveal at the end - but, all in all, there are a heck of a lot of similarities ...

Kudos

AJaneClark (3975 KP) Oct 17, 2020

💛💛💛💛💛

Kudos

Sammeh Lowry (15 KP) rated The Wind in the Willows in Books

Jul 13, 2019

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame | 1908 | Children, Fiction & Poetry

7.3

(15 Ratings)

Book Rating

I am now 23 years of age and there is nothing more i love to do than curl up on a winters night and get lost in the wind in the willows with old friends badger,mole,ratty and even toad it has me hysterical with a warm happy feeling inside its such an adventure to be had with friends i can read this again and again and again my copy is pretty bent and battered now and i could almost tell you the story off by heart but it will never get old