Smashbomb

Search

Search results

All (4286)

Content

Milleen (47 KP) rated All the Light We Cannot See in Books

Nov 14, 2018

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics

8.4

(14 Ratings)

Book Rating

This is another novel from 2015 that just keeps gaining popularity. During World War II a blind, french girl, Marie-Laure is forced to flee Paris for Saint-Malo hiding a jewel from her father’s museum. At the same time we learn about a german orphan Werner Pfennig, naturally adept at fixing radios and enlisted to use his skills to fight and find the French Resistance. Doerr interweaves the two characters lives with skill and attention to detail. His prose is beautifully crafted, drawing you into the past with flair and aplomb. This book took ten years to write and every page shows that not a word was wasted, Doerr rightfully received the Pulitzer Prize for this tome. A beautiful novel that deserves your full attention.

Kudos

Dean (6927 KP) rated Knives Out (2019) in Movies

Nov 28, 2019

Knives Out (2019)

2019 | Comedy, Crime, Drama

8.3

(84 Ratings)

Movie Rating Watch

Great cast (0 more)

Not as much humour as I was expecting (1 more)

Craig's accent at times

Fun whodunit?

A fun quirky Whodunit? with a big cast and dash of humour, along with some red herrings. Make this an enjoyable film for those who like a murder mystery.
It was a little light on the humour side overall, so not as much of a comedy as I thought it would be. As for the Whodunit side of things the family members all have their motives but from quite early on there isn't a great deal of mystery in the plot. It finishes strongly thankfully with a typical drawing room summing up.
Overall a fun film for fans of the genre without really testing the grey cells of many sleuth viewers.