The Imposter
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The Impostor, by the admired Spanish writer Javier Cercas, is a true story that is nevertheless...
Murder Most Fowl
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A Shakespearean twist on the long-running Meg Langslow mystery series in Murder Most Fowl, the next...
Hazel (2934 KP) rated The Midwife's Child (WW2 Resistance Series #3) in Books
May 21, 2023
This is the third in this series but I think it works successfully as a standalone because whilst there are recurring characters, each book is a separate story which focusses on one of those recurring characters.
The Midwife's Child centres around Maggie, a former SOE Special Operations Executive) but now incarcerated in Auschwitz following her capture. There she finds herself working in the camp hospital where the devil incarnate, Joseph Mengele, practised his infamous experiments and where Maggie is determined to save the life of her friend Eva and new born, Leah. The end of the war is fast approaching and the Russians are getting close, Eva is too unwell to go on the forced march so she begs Maggie to save her child and reunite her with her father. A seemingly impossible task but one which Maggie vows to complete.
Told from two timelines, from her time as a doctor working in the 'hospital' at Auschwitz towards the end of the war and the period afterwards, The Midwife's Child is a story of exceptional courage, duty, love, friendship and hope and a story that I highly recommended to those of you who enjoy this genre and I have to thank Bookouture and NetGalley for enabling me to read and share my thoughts of The Midwife's Child.
Awix (3310 KP) rated Flash Gordon (1980) in Movies
Feb 12, 2018
One of those movies where the ostensible leads are the least well-known people in it - everyone else has a great time overacting: the gold medal goes to Brian Blessed, who steals the entire movie as Vultan, Prince of the Hawk People. Visually lavish, with a strong script, lots of well-staged action for younger viewers, and tongue-in-cheek jokes aplenty for older people who ought to know better. Point knocked off for some inappropriately nasty violence; put straight back on again for Queen's soundtrack.
Awix (3310 KP) rated Fantastic Voyage (1966) in Movies
Dec 17, 2019 (Updated Dec 18, 2019)
Vivid but not remotely convincing special effects, stolid performances from the cast, and a plot which really does have issues going on: the casting alone makes it very obvious who the traitor is going to be, while the climax conveniently forgets that the patient's convalescence is likely to be impacted by the presence of a full-size submarine inside his brain. It's watchable, not least for the groovy 60s stylings, but not as a serious drama.
No Plan B: Peyton Manning's Comeback with the Denver Broncos
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After suffering one of the cruelest cuts in NFL history by a team where he spent his entire...
Ask the Old Football Coach: Brilliantly Brainless Advice from the Ghosts of Gridiron Past
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An illustrated, hilarious, and quick-hitting takedown of long-lost football "wisdom" from legends...
DIY String Art: 24 Designs to Create and Hang
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String art, a summer camp staple in the '70s, is coming back in a big, big way as young urbanites...
A Utopia Like Any Other: Inside the Swedish Model
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A Utopia Like Any Other is an accessible and easy to understand guide to contemporary Sweden and its...
Magneto, Volume 2: Reversals
Cullen Bunn, Lee Loughridge, Jordie Bellaire, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Clayton Cowles, Javi Fernandez, Dan Brown (Colourist), Cory Petit, Roland Boschi (Artist) and David Yardin
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An Avengers & X-Men: AXIS tie-in! Magneto was once arguably the most powerful mutant on the planet....