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Anna Steele (111 KP) rated Slaughterhouse-Five in Books
May 20, 2018
Non-Realistic Classic
The first time I read this book, I took everything at face value. I thought anything I would be reading for an English class would be a realistic piece of literature. Boy, was I wrong. This science fiction WWII book launched my love for Kurt Vonnegut’s body of work, and I am so glad for it.
Ross (3284 KP) rated Blindspot - Season 1 in TV
May 23, 2018
Very original drama, where each episode sees one of the strange tattoos on "Jane Doe"'s body reveal an imminent terror threat, or unravel corporate greed. The effort put into the tattoo puzzles was excellent and felt like they were solved with genuine effort. The emerging underlying plot and identifying who Jane might really be added an extra dimension.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2165 KP) rated Death in Lovers' Lane (Henrie O, #3) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
Reporter turned college professor investigates when an assignment leads to a student's murder. Which of the three old cases produced a fresh body? Interesting characters and a fast paced plot made this a hard book to put down.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/04/book-review-death-in-lovers-lane-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/04/book-review-death-in-lovers-lane-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Dork_knight74 (881 KP) rated Halloween (2018) in Movies
Dec 27, 2018
Predictable but good
You get what you expect from this movie. The acting was good. The cinematography good. A little twist here and there as the story unfolds but otherwise your typical Halloween movie. People die, supposedly the killer dies(yet again, they don't show the body). Anyway, it wasn't too bad. Worth a watch if you're bored.
Cori June (3033 KP) rated This Body's Not Big Enough for the Both of Us in Books
Jun 23, 2020
Unique (1 more)
Clever
This book is a trip.
Detectives Adrian and Zooey or A. Z. Kimrean are twins who share a singular body and the shenanigans they get into are something . A. is the more logical of the two and Z.? she is the more spontaneous one.
This is one rollercoaster ride of a book. Highly recommend.
Detectives Adrian and Zooey or A. Z. Kimrean are twins who share a singular body and the shenanigans they get into are something . A. is the more logical of the two and Z.? she is the more spontaneous one.
This is one rollercoaster ride of a book. Highly recommend.
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Jesse Peretz recommended The Fifth Child in Books (curated)
Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Altered Carbon in TV
Mar 3, 2018 (Updated Mar 3, 2018)
Disappointing
There were a lot of aspects of this sci-fi thriller that I wanted to love, but the constant hyper-specialisation of women's bodies became irritating.
Similar to Blade Runner in terms of the setting, this dystopian series follows Takeshi Kovacs, after his downloaded self is put into a new body 250 years later, and he is forced to solve the murder of a man who has no memory of what happened to him in his last moments. In the future, humans have 'sleeves' and can officially never die but just get put back into a new body.
After a while, this just bordered on ridiculous (more so than your average sci-fi), and there are far too many storylines happening at the same time. I began tuning out after a while.
Similar to Blade Runner in terms of the setting, this dystopian series follows Takeshi Kovacs, after his downloaded self is put into a new body 250 years later, and he is forced to solve the murder of a man who has no memory of what happened to him in his last moments. In the future, humans have 'sleeves' and can officially never die but just get put back into a new body.
After a while, this just bordered on ridiculous (more so than your average sci-fi), and there are far too many storylines happening at the same time. I began tuning out after a while.
Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated The Seven Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle in Books
Mar 28, 2018
Convoluted murder mystery
I would love to watch this as a TV series because as a book it seems rather all over the place. Following Aiden Bishop, who seems to be appear in a new host body every day in order to solve a Gosford Park-style murder, he's also stacked against competitors desperate to flee this entrapment.
The premise is fantastic - it's Inception mixed with Agatha Christie- but I feel the author Stuart Turton may have overstretched himself because by the end it's a tangle of a mess, and finishes rather abruptly, trying to tackle loose ends. I may be in the minority, but I found myself drifting away quite a bit, actually forgetting characters. There's far too many murders and body swapping, and I don't think it reached its potential.
The premise is fantastic - it's Inception mixed with Agatha Christie- but I feel the author Stuart Turton may have overstretched himself because by the end it's a tangle of a mess, and finishes rather abruptly, trying to tackle loose ends. I may be in the minority, but I found myself drifting away quite a bit, actually forgetting characters. There's far too many murders and body swapping, and I don't think it reached its potential.
Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated Ghost in the Shell (2017) in Movies
Feb 25, 2018
Soul hidden in body
Major is a new breed of a secret crime stopping unit. Her mind and soul were saved from a fatal accident and put into and A.I. body with super enhancements to be used to stop the worlds most dangerous criminals. Most people on this unit have been enhanced with A.I capabilities. However there were others before her that were attempted to be made like her and they are trying to bring down the people who hurt them. Her task is to try and stop these people but, will she discover how and why she was created and will that deter her motivation on how to deal with the problems.
Interesting storyline and good acting by the beautiful ScarJo but, otherwise just an OK movie
Interesting storyline and good acting by the beautiful ScarJo but, otherwise just an OK movie