David McK (3921 KP) rated Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) in Movies
Jan 30, 2021
A bar that this fails to meet.
Honestly, I found it long, boring, plodding and confusing, completely lacking in any of the sense of wonder or magic and friendship that made the original Harry Potter films so enjoyable.
Not impressed to say the least!
Turtles All The Way Down
8.4
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It all begins with a fugitive billionaire and the promise of a cash reward. Turtles All the Way...
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The Sprightly Carrot's Dream
9.0
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Sprightly the carrot has the perfect life… for a normal carrot. However, Sprightly is...
Gardening Bulling Flowers Carrots Friendship Kindness
Are You Listening?
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Bea has run away. As she is trying to figure out what to do and where to go, she runs into Lou. The...
Whiskey Cavalier
7.3
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Whiskey Cavalier follows the adventures of FBI agent Will Chase (codename: Whiskey Cavalier) who,...
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
7.8
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questions readers may have had from the original work. Elizabeth is a dark, yet delightful character...
Strong female characters friendship murder
Moon Child (2003)
5.0
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Moon Child follows a group of childhood friends as they advance in a futuristic criminal underworld....
Burnout 3: Takedown
7.0
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Burnout 3: Takedown is an undeniable classic. Its predecessor, Point of Impact, had fine-tuned the...
Kristy H (1252 KP) rated Girls' Night Out in Books
Mar 10, 2019
I had never read anything by the Fenton and Steinke writing team but had heard good things, so decided to try this one out. Its format takes a little getting used to: it switches in both time and narration, so you'll get Ashley, three days before the disappearance, and then the next chapter could be Lauren, two days after the disappearance. Once you get in the groove, it works pretty well, and builds suspense fairly effectively. Pieces of the story are slowly revealed, as we both don't know what happened to divide the friends in their friendship and, of course, don't know what happened to make Ashley disappear.
Honestly, I had just enough curiosity to find out what happened to Ashley that kept me reading. This was an interesting novel and certainly tense and intriguing, but I couldn't muster much interest or sympathy in these characters. Man, these women were just awful! I would not want a single one of them as my friend, that's for sure. Their friendship problems seemed petty, overblown, and childish, and I lost patience and interest with their myriad issues. There was just so much constant bickering. Bickering, drinking, more fighting, drinking, some more fighting. Ugh. They were so overly dramatic and even worse, most of the chapters would end with a sentence that had such an overblown "dramatic flair" to it that I found myself rolling my eyes at times.
A lot of the book just felt hokey, and I found myself wanting them to just go home and get their own lives (although their husbands didn't seem much better, honestly). Still, as mentioned, the reveals are interesting, and there is enough interest in what happened to Ashley to keep you reading. If you can get past the irritating characters, you'll be intrigued, albeit potentially annoyed.
I received a copy of this novel from the publisher and Netgalley in return for an unbiased review (thank you!).
Ceremonies of Bravery: Oscar Wilde, Carlos Blacker, and the Dreyfus Affair
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Ceremonies of Bravery is a study of the friendship between the prolific writer Oscar Wilde and...