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7 Wonders Duel
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Sarah (7798 KP) rated The Silence (2019) in Movies
Apr 22, 2019
It’s mostly predictable and pretty dull really, with a lot of plot ideas being taken from other films and shows. There’s nothing truly original about this other than the creatures themselves, and that’s not something to be proud of. Whilst on first glance the creatures might be slightly weird and creepy, the more you see of them the more you realise they’re not actually that scary after all. I started to find them quite laughable. The characters in this are mostly stupid making silly mistakes and despite its short 90 minute run time, this really drags to the point where I was quickly losing attention. And the ending was just lame and rushed.
If you want to watch a creature horror film about silence, watch A Quiet Place, not this.
God-Shaped Hole
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"God-Shaped Hole will change you as a reader, writer and human. It is rare books like this one that...
From there on each group goes on its own journey, but at times I found it hard to remember where they were going or why. Most of the original PoV characters return with some extras.
Maquin was a good addition as he tries to cope with losing his lord in the depths of the giant stronghold and battles on without a purpose, and ends up going on a really exciting journey.
Having Veradis no longer following Nathair, acting both as his first-sword and also as his conscience, was a bit of a challenge for me. I love the character of Veradis, and the shield wall method of battle he has developed, but struggle to see the point in him away from Nathair. At times it felt like there were events happening elsewhere in the world and one of the PoV characters had to witness them so he drew the short straw.
The focus of this book shifts away from Corban quite a bit: where Malice devoted almost every other chapter to his development and growth, here he becomes part of the richer story.
At times the events felt a little unbelievable - groups arriving at the same place at the right time, people just chancing upon others in a random clearing in the forest etc - and I found it a little jarring.
I found the characters a bit more well-defined than in the first book, but that could just be because some of the ones which were similar to others have now died. A number of the less pleasant characters though are still hard to distinguish - Jael, Rafe, Quinn, Morcant - all seem pretty interchangeable.
The story has moved along a bit but I feel the overall storyline is a little undefined as yet - it isn't clear what the end game is - there will be a battle between good and evil but there doesn't seem to be anything to do until then, other than try to stop it happening (but as the book itself says "it is prophesied so it will happen"), so the purpose seems to be damage limitation.
A good read and an improvement over Malice, but I still struggle to remember what each group is doing for the first page or so of their chapters.
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Beheld (Kendra Chronicles, #4)
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