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Fire Beyond the Frost
Book
Following a failed relationship with her supervisor at work, Dr. Catalina Frost volunteers her...
Erotic Science Fiction Futuristic FF LGBTQ+ Romance
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The Japanese Lover
Book
From internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende comes an exquisitely crafted,...
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Kyera (8 KP) rated Six of Crows in Books
Jan 31, 2018
Kaz is the mysterious leader with the gaze of a shark. He keeps more secrets than a diary and trusts no one. Kaz is never without his crow's head cane, gloves and willingness to do anything to get the job done. Inej is a wraith, able to make herself unnoticeable and get almost anywhere. She can scale walls, discover secret and have a blade in a man's back before he is any the wiser. Jesper is a good shot and prone to outbursts. He also has a gambling problem that has put him so far in debt that the only way out is to join Kaz on this likely deadly mission. Nina is the resident Grisha and a heartrender, although she must use her skills at times to heal or transform the others. She and Mattais have a history that is never far from either his mind. Mattias is Fjerdan and knows their target, but the only thing keeping him on this journey is the promise of a pardon at the end. Finally, it's Wylan the insurance and the son of the man offering them 30 million kruge to complete the job. He's also good with demolition and bombs, but not enough to warrant his place on the crew.
The mission is impossible or near to it, but they all have their reasons for needing it to succeed. Even though they're crooks, murderers and thieves you want them to succeed. They're strangely likable. All humans with flaws and backstories to show how they became the people they are and why. Leigh Bardugo's characters are wonderfully complex and well-developed. Each person's history is fluidly woven into the story and does not pull the reader out of the narrative or make them wish for a novella to help further flesh out the story or characters.
By the end, you love this misfit gang of hooligans and can't wait to read the stunning conclusion to this duology. Highly recommended to young adult readers who enjoy fantasy with great world building and character development.
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The Team That Changed Rugby Forever
Book
It is 50 years since the great 1967 All Blacks World Tour. Drawing on interviews with the surviving...
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Times of Kingdoms
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App
App Description Time of Kingdoms is a fast-paced collectible RPG, Strategy and Party Management game...
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Andy K (10821 KP) rated Split (2016) in Movies
Feb 4, 2018
The career of M. Night Shyamalan has produced one classic, a few pretty good, a few just all right and a few pieces of garbage. I guess I feel this film is in the pretty good category.
As with a lot of thrillers, the set up and character introduction is the easy part and this film does that well setting the stage of the kidnappings, the unknown, interesting world in which the girls now live and the unusual kidnapper the ladies are presented with. His relationship with them is mostly curiosity as with the psychiatrist.
Where the film kind of loses it for me was in the third act. Two of the women are completely tossed aside with no remorse after you are given to care about them. The "beast" is borderline unbelievable and sticks out as somewhat contrite.
I had read or been told the film had ties to "Unbreakable", but that vision didn't slap you in the face and i liked that. The appearance of Bruce Willis at the end was a bunch of fun.
Still enjoyed the film enough to recommend
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Lindsay (1706 KP) rated A Shining Light (Home to Amana #3) in Books
Feb 15, 2018 (Updated Apr 9, 2019)
Dirk Knefler takes her son under his wing. Is the simple life what she wants for her and her son? You would need to keep up comforts and freedom from the outside world. There a twist and turns though out the book. Will they end up leaving or messing her and her son in the wrong? What will happen between Andrea and Dirk? When someone shows up end expectantly will it rip up Andrea and Lukas life up.
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Plain Bad Heroines
Book
‘Brimming from start to finish with sly humour and gothic mischief’ SARAH WATERS ...
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Ross (3282 KP) rated The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) in Movies
Nov 5, 2018 (Updated Nov 5, 2018)
Here Disney have taken some liberties as Clara's brother and sister take the roles and names of her mother's siblings in the original, and for no apparent reason the film based on the Russian ballet that was based on the French adaptation of the German fairy tale, is set in London. I can only assume this was to up the Festive quotient, but seems a very odd choice, despite keeping a number of the German themes.
Keira Knightley is very irritating, doing an ear-piercing impression of Queenie from Blackadder.
Neither of the actors playing Clara or the Nutcracker are very good or likeable and you find yourself bored and starting to root for Mother Ginger just to end it.
The film is too long, and drags in large parts, and all three of my kids were restless for a lot of it. And there was a definite lack of large-scale special effects, some impressive scenes but audiences expect spectacles (not 3D glasses, I mean big scenes!) these days and those were lacking.
The most enjoyable scene was the use of ballet to get Clara up to date with the world she found herself in, being quite respectful to the medium it was adapting (though I can't say how authentic it was!).
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RAF Transport Command: A Pictorial History
Book
When RAF Transport Command was created in March 1943, it was formed by the renaming of Ferry...