Sinister Squad (2016)
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When a supernatural cult threatens Earth, Alice must assemble a team of fairy tale villains to face...
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Dec 6, 2023
The Boy and the Heron (2023)
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Mahito, a young 12-year-old boy, struggles to settle in a new town after his mother's death....
ClareR (5686 KP) rated Coming Up For Air in Books
Apr 17, 2020
We also meet the Norwegian toy maker who designs Resusci Anne, and the things that happened in his life that brought him to that point. His is an equally sad story, and although he has been fictionalised, he has been based om the real man who made the doll.
The third story is that of a Canadian girl with cystic fibrosis, and her journey from childhood up until she becomes a journalist as an adult.
This is a book about transformations: the French maid is transformed in to a mask that will be recognised around the world over a hundred years after her death; a toy maker is transformed after the death of his beloved son, into someone who tries to ensure that everyone has the ability for such things not to happen again; and a woman with cystic fibrosis has a literal transformation with the promise of renewed, transplanted lungs.
This novel sucked me in to all three lives and times. Both the French girls and the child’s death devastated me, and the Canadian woman’s story was one of hope (although I was pretty much dreading the idea that something bad would happen to her).
I loved this book, and I feel lucky to have read it. I would most definitely recommend it.
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Apr 13, 2021
The House of Twelve
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Twelve strangers wake up in a strange house with no memory of how they got there, and barely any...
Caffeinated Fae (464 KP) rated The Book Thief in Books
Jul 10, 2018
This novel was very interesting. It's a collection of short stories narrated by death. It follow the life of a young German girl during the time of world war 2. It's told in a different way by having "Death" as the narrator.
This was a pretty quick read. It makes you think too. It's one of those novels that will make you think about the depravity of human beings and give you some hope along side of it.
All in all, it was a good novel that deals with World War II.
Flatliners (1990)
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Night Film
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Application for Employment I refer to the recent death of the Technical Manager at your company and...