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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Go Set A Watchman in Books

Sep 13, 2017  
Go Set A Watchman
Go Set A Watchman
Harper Lee | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry
6
6.0 (13 Ratings)
Book Rating
Crushing and disappointing
DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU LOVE TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.

That being said, the reason why Harper Lee completely falls short in this novel is the fact that she destroys the heroic images of the characters that we have grown to love.

Without saying more, once again this novel is written in the perspective of Scout who is now a young woman and much more independent and vocal about the civil rights movement. She learns that everything she loved and respected is actually very different to what she imagined, pulling down heroes from their pedestals.

I'm totally scarred reading this.
  
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Sarah (7800 KP) Sep 13, 2017

Totally agree. This was really an unnecessary sequel, so disappointing.
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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) Sep 13, 2017

Yes! I wonder why Harper Lee chose to release this, and after all these years! I love Atticus Finch, this was a horrific comedown.
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Versusyours (757 KP) rated Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016) in Movies

Dec 9, 2019  
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)
2016 | Drama
7
6.7 (3 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Post war blues
When a soldier is made to feel heroic by the media and general public, we see a broke and conflicted young man battling the horrors of war. I caught this film by accident and stayed up as the storyline grabbed my attention and exposed the difficulties in returning from war a different and damaged version of yourself. The pressure to return home and the pressure of winning and returning to the war zone create a conflict worse than the war itself.

Some great scenes that show the price put on a soldiers story being nothing compared to what it costs then to gain it.
  
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Jeremy Renner recommended The Shawshank Redemption (1994) in Movies (curated)

 
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
1994 | Drama
9.2 (123 Ratings)
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"Simple storytelling at its best, character driven, beautiful and cinematic. The ending of that movie, if you’re not feeling good and your heart’s not twisted up and then melted back together then, I mean, I dunno, you don’t have a heartbeat. It’s one of the best feelings walking away from a piece of cinema. It’s all chalked up to really great characters. A really simple story, really. And that’s why I really enjoy it. It’s a beautifully… it’s a masterpiece. It’s a masterpiece of filmmaking in its simplicity. Its characters are lovely and tormented and flawed and beautiful and heroic. And I, again, love the themes of it."

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