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The Braid

Letitia Colombani

9.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Smita, Giulia, Sarah: three lives, three continents, three women with nothing in common, but...

LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Blood Quantum (2019) in Movies

Sep 3, 2021

Blood Quantum (2019)

2019 | Action, Drama, Horror

7.0

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"𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘴."

I know I'm not alone in feeling like this isn't exactly what I was expecting out of it - and normally I'm averse to this recent brand of doom-and-gloom, slow, often derivative apocalypse drama. But I think especially with the recent events in Canada as well as inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic this kind of authentic representation and potent anti-colonialist subtext rings as loud as it ever has - packs a *deafening* emotional wallop. I would have preferred trading out the A24-style blue collar weariness which I thought we were finally done with for something less purposefully sluggish, but on the same coin at least the metaphor actually works - and isn't about a random white person's trauma for the 800th time. Plus it's hard to shake a stick at anything that - at its best - harkens back to the days when "The Walking Dead" was actually good while featuring such strong, tangible moodiness and solid gore in its wake. And the cherry on top, it's only a cool 98 minutes so it's easily forgiven for being a tad messy and not focusing on enough characters properly. Looks mostly great, too - those animated segments 👌👌👌

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Courting the Sun

Peggy Joque Williams

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“A rich journey through 17th century France in all its aspects—its bucolic countryside, the...

Historical Fiction Versailles Louis XIV Triggers: Rape Scene & Spousal Abuse

Lake of the Spirit Bear

R.B. Morgan

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Does your child have a hunger for knowledge and facts which you want to feed while at the same time...

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Debbiereadsbook (1424 KP) rated A Killer Whisky: Alberta (Canadian Historical Mysteries) in Books

Mar 6, 2025

I did not see that ending coming at me!

Independent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted my copy of this book.

This is an historical murder mystery, set in the back drop of the Spanish Flu epidemic in 1918, in Alberta, Canada.

And I really rather enjoyed it!

We get to hear from a good few people, and I do love hearing from everyone. Being set over 100 years ago, times and people have changed and I do like comparing then to now: habits mostly, but attitudes and customs, the way things were.

What I did like, was the way the epidemic was being treated: hand washing, masks and the like. Reminded me a lot of a more recent event, and I wonder if they DID do those things, or if the author took liberty, but not that it matters either way. Just a point.

What I especially liked, was that I did not get whodunnit til it was revealed in the book! I loved being kept on my toes and made to question everything and everyone. I really did not see that coming, so very well played there!

A solid 4 star read

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