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Eleanor (1463 KP) rated Now You See Her in Books

Jun 14, 2019

Now You See Her

James Patterson | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry

7.0

(4 Ratings)

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An ability to suspend belief required for this thriller.

My first James Patterson read or as it was an audiobook - listen (yes I live under a rock) and I was really hoping to love it (my parents have passed on a load of books by him so I have a pile to read)

Nina Bloom is a successful New York lawyer and mother but she has only been Nina for 18 years and she would happily forget the life she had before that. Unfortunately events conspire to make Nina have to face her difficult past head on.

Unfortunately the level of craziness in events was too steep for me to get over. I really need a book to play by the rules of the universe it operates in and this just seemed to be one mad capped thing after another. I can deal with the odd coincidence or strange behaviour to try and move the plot along but I felt this needed the suspense of the readers belief to an extent I can't manage. It wasn't helped by a protagonist I felt personally no sympathy for.

It was certainly a fast paced book and if you are happy to go along for the ride I can imagine this being satisfying. I unfortunately found myself just stopping and going "really?" far to much.

Minor issue that I think affected the audio version was the number of chapters in the book meant the narrator going "Chapter x" every few minutes spoiling the flow. I think it had like 120 chapters which for a book I think is around 360 pages seems excessive, probably less jarring if you are reading rather than listening. The breaks just seemed to be in some odd spots as well.

Might give a written Patterson a try and see if I get along better with that.

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Andy K (10823 KP) rated Avengers: Infinity War (2018) in Movies

Sep 24, 2018

The biggest film setup in movie history delivers!

As usual, being a little behind the times since I don't visit theatres very often, I was surprised I had not heard any spoilers for this film having just watched for the first time today.

I know. How can I be a true film fan if I haven't seen? I am thoroughly on record as not the hugest fan of random CGI explosion movies or Marvel in general since each film just seems to be a big setup for the next one, but this one felt different.

Yes fine it was still a big setup or the next one; however, this one had something for everyone. Great action, humor and the biggest surprise of all, HEART.

In the audio commentary (which you can't get if you watch the movie on DIGITAL ? ), the director Russo brothers said they wanted to start with a bang and never let up, but also wanted to keep the plot simple. Probably a good idea since your movie has 30 main characters. Basically, Thanos wants the Infinity stones, all 6 of them, and will be relentless of his pursuit of them until he gets them.

He will then purge half the universe's population in mass genocide as he has been many times before.

Some of the humor from Guardians and Thor has carried over here which I liked a lot especially to break some of those tense moments.

Overall, I guess I would say I liked more than I thought I would, but now have to wait for the climax in Avengers 7.

Here's hoping Howard the Duck comes back to save the day at the end of Avengers XXXVII.

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Lee (2222 KP) Sep 24, 2018

I cannot believe you managed to avoid spoilers! Well done!

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Anne (15117 KP) rated The World That We Knew in Books

Nov 4, 2019

Thanks to Libro.fm and Simon & Schuster Audio for letting me listen and review this wonderful book. This wasn't what I expected. For some reason, I was thinking this was going to be a story about something else that I was hesitant to read but after I started reading/listening I realized this story was not at all what I had thought it would be and I was pleasantly surprised by it.
This was a bit of a different spin on things with Hanni wanting to save her 12 yr old daughter from the Nazis by sending her away to keep her safe. After something almost happens one night with her daughter, Hanni goes to find help by seeking out aid from a Rabbi and when she asks for help from the Rabbi's wife, the wife turns Hanni away and it ends up that Hanni finds the help she needs from the Rabbi's daughter, Ettie, instead. Hanni and Ettie make a deal and so Ettie makes a golem that is made to protect Hanni's daughter, Lea.
The golem that Ettie makes is named Ava and Ava, Ettie and Lea become linked together, their paths always connected in a way with their paths crossing from time to time from then on. Ava guards and accompanies Lea to Paris to find safety and there Lea meets the boy she loves and Ettie ends up going into hiding for a time.
This story takes you on a journey as they travel looking for safety while growing up, learning and figuring who and what they are in this world and what they want out of life. It will take you apart and put you back together again causing you to reflect and think about the world, life, yourself, and so much more.