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How Not to Worry: The Remarkable Truth of How a Small Change Can Help You Stress Less and Enjoy Life More
How Not to Worry: The Remarkable Truth of How a Small Change Can Help You Stress Less and Enjoy Life More
Paul McGee | 2012 | Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences
10
7.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
What a great book! I highly recommend it to people who struggle with anxiety and worry. I gave this book such a high rating as I was able to relate to it and I very much took to the dry, sarcastic humour of the author, I found myself laughing out loud on several occasions. I liked the activities that were included so you could turn the advice into something more practical to see if it works for you. The 'Hammock Time' was also very good I thought, it allowed self reflection at the end of each chapter. Overall, I was very impressed with this book.
  
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Otway93 (580 KP) rated Plebs in TV

Dec 8, 2019 (Updated Dec 8, 2019)  
Plebs
Plebs
2013 | Comedy, History
8
7.3 (19 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
Hilarious (2 more)
Ska Music
Satire
New Cast Members (0 more)
Absolutely superb...until the cast change.
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This is a truly superb show, or at least it was to start with. The humour can be brilliantly stupid, and the casting is absolutely perfect.

Unfortunately, with the start of series 4, there came a new cast member following a previous character being killed off, possibly due to other acting commitments. But the show shouldn't have replaced the character. The new casting replaces the young, daft, jack-the-lad character with an irritating Essex boy type character, who now seems completely out of place with the programme and the rest of the cast.
  
Bad Santa 2 (2016)
Bad Santa 2 (2016)
2016 | Comedy
Meh
The original movie was a real guilty pleasure. Dark, twisted, funny and something very different from the million other saccharine and sentimental Christmas movies out there. The sequel is unfortunately very disappointing, it seems to think just consistently swearing is an acceptable substitute for actual humour . The writing is very weak and none of the actors look like they want to be there. It feels like a contractual obligation and a waste of talented actors like Billy Bob Thornton and Kathy Bates. The delightfully weird sandwich obsessed Thurman Murman does provide a bit of amusement and a few callbacks to the superior original but overall this is a poor sequel.