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Nimona

Noelle Stevenson

10.0 (4 Ratings) Rate It

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Indies Choice Book of the Year * National Book Award Finalist * New York Times Bestseller * New York...

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Sarah (7800 KP) rated The Alchemist in Books

Jul 3, 2018

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho | 1993 | Fiction & Poetry

7.2

(35 Ratings)

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Overrated

I had high hopes for this book based on general hype and reviews, and sadly it didn’t quite live up to it.

It isn’t a bad book, not at all, it’s just very short and simple. It’s trying to be something very profound and inspirational, but for me it wasn’t. It has a nice message around following your dreams, but it comes across as a little cheesy and unbelievable. There was an odd quote in here that I actually really liked, but nothing much else to make me feel inspired. The characters too didn’t seem particularly well developed or interesting. The one bonus is that it is very short, so you can get through it fairly quickly without it starting to drag.

It’s an alright read, but not one I’d ever recommend as a “must read”.

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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated The Day After Tomorrow (2004) in Movies

Sep 14, 2017

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

2004 | Action, Drama, Mystery

7.2

(61 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Fantastic graphics, big budget Hollywood film

This film is a guilty pleasure of mine when I'm desperate to watch an apocalyptic film. It's much more intelligent than your run of the mill brainless action movie given that it is based on Al Gore's book about the reversal of the Gulf Stream.

That being said, it is still a Hollywood big budget movie so don't expect intelligent dialogue or anything particularly well explained. The graphics are phenomenal and the moment the eye of the storm freezes everything in sight still gives me shivers down my spine.

Not bad for a sit back and contemplate the end of the world kind of film.