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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated A Tainted Soul in Books

Sep 1, 2023  
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A Tainted Soul
A.W. Rene | 2023
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
116 of 235
Kindle
A Tainted Soul
By A.W. Rene
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️


Sixteen-year-old Annaya Roth is fighting for her life to fit
in at yet another new school—and to escape the Dead.

Annaya and her mother, Samantha, just moved to the small
mountain town of Asherville. The people there are nice enough. They smile and
wave—but Annaya knows to not get too close.

Samantha is tired of running. She just wants to keep her
daughter safe. So, in one last desperate attempt to save Annaya—Samantha moves
them to the one place she never wanted to step foot in again.

This was certainly an interesting read and a little chaotic. It’s gruesome in parts and I really loved that the author wasn’t afraid to be graphic. A few time I felt down right sorry for this girl at 16 her life goes from one disaster to another. The dead really like her to know they are around.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
  
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David McK (3728 KP) rated Infernal Devices (Mortal Engines #3) in Books

Dec 12, 2021  
Infernal Devices (Mortal Engines #3)
Infernal Devices (Mortal Engines #3)
Philip Reeve | 2006 | Fiction & Poetry
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Third entry in Philip Reeve 's Mortal Engines quartet, set 16 years after the end of Predator's Gold, and which largely shifts the focus away from Tom Natsworthy and Hester Shaw onto their daughter Wren, whilst also - at least in the first section - finishing off the story of Freya and Caul (the former Lost Boy).

As before, I found this to be uncertain of its own identity: the language and general style of the prose would lead you to believe it was written for children (or even the so-called tweenage audience), but then you get into the 'meat' of the story, with child slavery, death and mutilation all abounding!

Professor Pennyroyal also makes a return, with Hester Shaw herself coming across more - in this - as a complex anti-villain than she did in the previous entries, and with this also seeing the return of the Stalkers Shrike and Fang, both of whom largely drive the plot.

Worth a read, but maybe not the best 'jumping-on' point.
  
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David McK (3728 KP) rated Top Gun: Maverick (2022) in Movies

Jun 5, 2022 (Updated Jun 17, 2023)  
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
2022 | Action, Drama
8
9.2 (18 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Legacy Sequel entry number ...?
Legacy Sequels.

That's a term for what seems to be becoming more and more the norm in Hollywood of late: sequels of films made decades ago, that don't necessarily *need* said sequel. Some examples:

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Jurassic World
Mary Poppins Returns
Ghostbusters: Afterlife

and now 'Top Gun: Maverick', with Tom Cruise returning to one of his signature roles from the mid-80s, as Captain Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell.

No Kelly McGillis this time around, with her spot (and role in the proceedings) instead being taken by Jennifer Connolly's admirals daughter Penny (name dropped, but never shown in the original).

Yes, there's a definite argument to be made that, shall we call it, 'the mission' here has been done before (try watching the original Star Wars, retroactively titled 'A New Hope' and play spot the similarities), and yes, the plot may be predictable, but when it's all this much fun ...

(and no, you don't need to have seen the original, although that may help)