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Best Served Cold

Joe Abercrombie

9.3 (4 Ratings) Rate It

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Springtime in Styria. And that means war. There have been nineteen years of blood. The ruthless...

Mortal Kombat (1995)

6.6 (19 Ratings) Rate It

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For nine generations an evil sorcerer has been victorious in hand-to-hand battle against his mortal...

A Child in Palestine: The Cartoons of Naji Al-Ali

Joe Sacco and Naji al-Ali

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This is a first collection by leading Palestinian political cartoonist, introduced by the author of...

Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated The Virgin Elizabeth: A Novel in Books

Mar 22, 2021

The Virgin Elizabeth: A Novel

Robin Maxwell | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics, Romance

8.0

(1 Ratings)

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Virgin
By Robin Maxwell

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...a riveting portrait of Elizabeth I as a romantic and

vulnerable teenager, dangerously awakening to a perilous

liaison with the wrong man.

England, 1547: King Henry is dead. Elizabeth's half-brother, nine-year-old Edward, is king in name only. Thomas Seymour, brother to the ambitious duke who has seized power in this time of crisis, calculatingly works his way into Elizabeth's home in genteel Chelsea House. He marries Henry's widow, Catherine Parr, and uses his venerable charms and sexual magnetism to indulge his infatuation for young Elizabeth. Caught hopelessly under Thomas Seymour's spell, surrounded by kind friends and hidden enemies, Elizabeth can only follow her heart to ensure survival.

I’m fascinated by the Tudors and our English history and I love historical fiction so this was right up my street! Robin Maxwell certainly knows how to spin a tail! Elizabeth is definitely one of my favourite royals and to have an insight of her young life after already overcoming the embarrassment of her mother’s demise then this scandal truly shows why she remained unmarried and one of the longest strongest rulers!!

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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Ninja Assassin (2009) in Movies

Sep 21, 2020

Ninja Assassin (2009)

2009 | Action, Drama

7.0

(8 Ratings)

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Slept on. A breathless, blood-soaked rager where shurikens get thrown like machine gun bullets and manifold enemies get shredded into human ballistic gel. Totally cockamamie lore put to the backdrop of CGI blade-chains and club music, ancient ninja cults just hanging out and making human sacrifices on rainy city rooftops and shit lmao. Nothing more than an excuse to rip apart a bunch of ninjas, gangsters, and government officials for 99 minutes - a decapitated head ends up in a washing machine at one point - but who wouldn't want to see that? I'll take the opposite opinion of the general consensus and totally gush about the style, I'm all for modernizing cheesy early-mid-2000s duels where we just started to really learn what mainstream stylized action was and went overboard with it. Also has an acute emphasis on physicality and production rather than leaving everything important up to the editing department - has a realized sense of framing and uses CGI as an enhancer rather than the full package. Lovingly embraces martial arts story tropes without undermining their importance, which many actioners would probably jettison out entirely. Feels much, much more like a successful and distinct love letter rather than a ripoff. Aesthetic as fuck, and Rain is godly in it.

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BookInspector (124 KP) rated The Time Traveler's Wife in Books

Sep 24, 2020

The Time Traveler's Wife

Audrey Niffenegger | 2003 | Fiction & Poetry, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy

8.2

(40 Ratings)

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I can’t believe that it was released almost 8 years ago; it feels that I saw the movie just yesterday. But a good creation never gets old. This is a fascinating love story filled with romance, unbelievable amount of patience and tragedy. The book itself is so well thought through that even if you wipe your tears while reading it (I know I did) the ending will still give you that “oh, thanks God” feeling. There is a little bit of confusion in this book due to past – present jumps, but more you read it more sense it makes. My biggest enemies in books are long chapters and this book didn’t disappoint me, chapters are not very long and divided into smaller parts, so if you like to read while on the go, this book is for you. I was glad that this book was made into movie, it really deserved it. Even though the books will always be better than movies, this book’s screenplay was really entertaining. In conclusion, this book is witty, entertaining and at the same time sad, so if you looking for something like that, give it a go and I think you will be pleased.

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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Witch’s Rebirth (Unholy Trinity #5) in Books

Jan 25, 2021

Witch’s Rebirth (Unholy Trinity #5)

Crystal Ash | 2021 | Paranormal, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy

8.0

(1 Ratings)

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Witch’s Rebirth ( Unholy Trinity book 5)
By Crystal Ash

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I'm done running. It's time to end this.

The only problem? Our enemies have weapons that can kill demons.

I won't let any of my loved ones die. But my lovers won't let me fight alone. If I do, we all know I won't come back.

We have to rely on our new shifter friends for support, as well as each other. Even though I'm fighting my feelings for the stormy-eyed outsider, I'm starting to believe I can trust him.

When he offers himself up as a sacrifice for me, will it force us to confront the brewing storm between us? Or will this plan backfire terribly?

Most importantly, will this move save us and the future of all witches?

I have really enjoyed this series as will be adding it to my hard copy collections! I’m so glad Ryhem was saved I got a little disheartened at the end of book 4! And I’m glad to see all is right with Lilith her men and the world! Possibly a slightly rushed ending but still good!