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Merissa (13878 KP) rated Arandora Star in Books

Dec 17, 2018

This is a fictional story set around a factual event and to put it in a few descriptive words, it is poignant, heart-rending, thought provoking and disturbing. I could go on but I won't. What I will do is recommend that you read for yourself this amazing story that certainly sheds a different light on the whole affair.

The story unfolds at a steady pace and you are given time to empathise with the characters in the different situations they find themselves in. This is a gripping and compelling novel that will keep you glued to the pages until the end and will then leave you with a book-hangover as you ponder what you have read. I was filled with "what-ifs, maybes and should haves" for a fictional character but the ending was perfect for the book.

This is an amazing book and I really can't recommend it highly enough. Prepare to be immersed in history.

I bought this book as part of the Kindle Daily Deal on 10th February 2014.

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Sonofdel (6291 KP) rated The Exorcist in Books

Nov 7, 2019

The Exorcist

William Peter Blatty | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry

8.7

(19 Ratings)

Book Rating

good back stories, right amount of tension (0 more)

ended too quickly (0 more)

Descriptive and Chilling horror

I saw this film many years ago and have meant to get around to reading the book. William Blatty does a nice foreword and explains why the book was written and about the extra character that is in it. Its a gripping read from the very start but be warned it goes into very graphic, obscene and depraved descriptions so if you are easily offended stay away (well it is a book about possession after all). A very good read that keeps you wanting to just read a bit more, good back stories to some of the characters help to explain situations that were not dealt with in the film. The character of father Merrin could have been written for Max Von Sydow (who played him in the film). I would give this four stars as i thought it ended a little too quickly and it would have been better if the ending had been stretched out and explained (like the film).

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Phil Leader (619 KP) rated The Wrong Side of Right (Grey Areas #3) in Books

Nov 29, 2019

The Wrong Side of Right (Grey Areas #3)

Brad Carl | 2015 | Contemporary, Crime, Romance, Thriller

8.5

(2 Ratings)

Book Rating

The third book of the four part saga continues directly from the shattering events of the second and doesn't let up on the pace, or the twists.

Barrett Grayson is in custody, awaiting his long avoided FBI interview. But all he wants to do is get home to see his father before he dies. Meanwhile Sergeant Jackson's deal with the cartel means that someone is going to pay a heavy price.

The story follows all the protagonists from the saga as they each face their own struggles and make their own choices - for good or bad. As with the saga as a whole the writing is gripping and intense. There are many different plot strands interwoven here from police procedural to romance but each one is given time and space to develop and the reader is drawn into each one and pulled along.

As with the other books, the writing is superb. I would strongly recommend the Grey Areas saga to anyone. It is an extremely accomplished work of fiction.

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Dean (6927 KP) rated Black Summer - Season 1 in TV

Jan 3, 2020 (Updated Jan 3, 2020)

Black Summer - Season 1

2019 | Action, Drama, Horror

7.6

(5 Ratings)

TV Season Rating

Simple but effective (1 more)

Gripping episodes

A low budget in some episodes (0 more)

Zombietastic!

After hearing good things about this zombie show on Netflix I finally caught up with it.
Definitely worth putting to the top of your list. This is how a zombie series should be done. We join the start of an outbreak with a small town evacuation and join a handful of survivors trying to get to safety. What I really liked is that the episodes just follow the chaos as it unfolds. You could imagine the situations happening in this type of event. The episodes vary from around 25 - 40 minutes in length. Some are just about 1 guy trying to avoid a zombie. Another episode shows the distrust in others when things go bad. So there is great variation overall in the settings and situations that arise. It's a little low budget, more evident in some episodes. However it doesn't need big budget effects and it has a raw gritty feel which adds to the intensity. A must for Zombie and Horror fans. Season 2 is coming this year.