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David McK (3770 KP) rated Concrete Jungle in Books

Jan 30, 2019

I'm not sure which came first, but at the very start you could be forgiven for thinking you're reading Predator 2: the Novelisation, as it is almost an identikit retelling of that film. After a while, however, it does head off on it's own territory, taking in the Colombian jungle of the first film before heading back to New York for the final throw-down.

It's not the best book I've ever read (or even the best based on characters in a film), but it's also not the worst. Passes a few days (two or so) easy reading, at the very least.

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Knot Projections

Noboru Ito

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Knot Projections offers a comprehensive overview of the latest methods in the study of this branch...

Japanese Management: International Perspectives

Hitoshi Iwashita

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This book provides a new understanding of the constellations of logics in Japanese management...

Sarah (7800 KP) rated You Will Be Safe Here in Books

Jul 10, 2019

You Will Be Safe Here

Damian Barr | 2019 | Fiction & Poetry

9.5

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Moving and thought provoking

I can’t lie, history isn’t a strong subject of mine so I knew very little about the South African concentration camps and these New Dawn Type camps when i first started this book. So for me, the events detailed and unfolding in this book are a disturbing revelation. It might be fiction, but it’s based on historical true events so I know it’s not far from the truth. It’s shocking and immensely moving, reading about the plight of a number of characters from 1901 to the present date. At first I didn’t understand why this started off in 1901 and worked it’s way through different characters to the almost present day, but it all makes sense and intertwines in a way as the book goes on and it’s a great way to tell a story. This is wonderfully written, bringing out a number of reactions and the emotions in the reader as it goes on and I felt a mixture of sheer anger and frustration and sadness reading this. The characters are all well developed, with their own flaws and traits that make them both intriguing and sometimes frustrating (but in a good way) to read. My only criticism would be that the ending seemed a little rushed in comparison to the rest of the book, and I wouldn’t have minded a slightly longer book at the benefit of a less rushed ending.

This isn’t a book I would have ordinarily thought of reading, but I’m glad I did and would highly recommend reading it!

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ClareR (6129 KP) Jul 10, 2019

I’m so glad you liked it - this is one of my top books so far this year!😊

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celticknots30 (9 KP) rated Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1) in Books

Jul 15, 2018

Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)

Jacqueline Carey | 2003 | Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy

8.4

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Sweeping Saga

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This is the first book of a sweeping saga that catches the reader and holds them to the very end. You will find it hard to put this book down. I won't lie, it's a slow read at the beginning while Carey builds the world upon the books are based, but it soon captures you into this world. You find yourself holding your breath waiting to see what happens next. How one girl can go on to save a nation in peril and the loves and losses she suffers along the way. Carey builds this fantastic world full of intrigue and a bit of magic from the gods. A must read.