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Game of Thrones: Conquest™

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Westeros is at war. Great houses clash, dragons rule the sky, and the army of the dead threatens the...

Charlotte (210 KP) rated The Power in Books

Jan 6, 2018

The Power

Naomi Alderman | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

7.9

(13 Ratings)

Book Rating

an incredibly interesting concept with a fast paced plot (3 more)

very interesting structure of the book as a book within a book, etc.

a thought provoking commentary on gender, religion, power, war and the future of these things, even with hints towards the dangerous future of chemical/atomic/nuclear weaponry

i am sure that this will be made into a movie (it really is of grand proportions) and i can only hope they do it justice

truly disturbing at times (0 more)

THANK YOU FOR THIS NOVEL NAOMI ALDERMAN

i cannot encourage anyone to read this book enough. what a concept for a novel!! especially biting from the perspective of a female reader, it reads as a disturbing and compelling gender political satire that sometimes hits a little too close to home. i implore you to read it and reconsider the gender political landscape of our modern society

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Mandi Brownfield (1 KP) rated The Darkest Minds in Books

Feb 3, 2019

Good story line about children with powers (0 more)

Not enough information on why kids suddenly died or got powers. (0 more)

Interesting!

Contains spoilers, click to show

The story starts out intriguing with the population of children in the world drastically decreasing due to some unknown illness killing most of them. The children who somehow survive develop powers, which is worrisome for the government. These kids are put in camps to keep track of them. The kids are separated by the type of power they have and they are color coded. The main character is an orange, which is one of the more dangerous powers, mind control. She touched her parents while they slept and accidentally erased their memory of her. She has to fake being a lower risk color as reds and oranges are killed. She eventually breaks out of the camp and finds other kids to bond with and together they try to find a safe place.

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Dana (24 KP) rated The Too-Clever Fox (Grisha Verse, #2.5) in Books

Mar 23, 2018

One thing I love about Leigh Bardugo is that she goes so in depth in the world she created! I absolutely love basically anything Leigh Bardugo will ever write, these short stories included!

This story, like the others, gives the female characters so much agency and power!!

There are spoilers in the rest of the review from here, so be warned!

We, as both the readers and as the Fox, don't suspect this seemingly weak character to be able to do anything, but boy does she surprise us!! I loved how the fox was so trusting in this girl because how could a girl be dangerous? Right? WRONG!!!

This is just another beautiful addition to Leigh Bardugo's already amazing collection of works!1

Please just read all of the folk tales she releases from this series/world!! It adds so much depth to the already fantastic world she created!

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Dumbo (1941) in Movies

Dec 30, 2019

Dumbo (1941)

1941 | Animation, Classics, Family

8.0

(62 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Fly Dumbo Fly

Rewatching this classic animation movies now as a adult, its so great and wonderful and gives a whole new perception on this classic animation films that you wouldnt as a child. Dumbo being one of them.

The Plot: A young circus elephant is born with comically large ears and given the cruel nickname Dumbo. One day at a show, he is taunted by a group of kids, inciting his mother into a rage that gets her locked up. After Dumbo's ears cause an accident that injures many of the other elephants, he is made to dress like a clown and perform dangerous stunts. Everything changes when Dumbo discovers that his enormous ears actually allow him to fly, and he astounds everyone at the circus with his new talent.

Seeing Dumbo finally fly for the first time, made me cry. It was such a great moment.

A classic.