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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind in Books

Jan 21, 2018

Sweet read but not for everyone

A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind is literally a cleaning manual for those who follow spirituality as part of their general course. Shoukei Matsumoto, a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk, has created a simple guide for those who want to be mindful about their daily chores and why monks themselves do each task with such vigour and importance.

While the book itself is sweet, with lovely picture representations, I did feel that some of it may not apply to a secular western household as they speak of how to repair an altar. And when you live by yourself, sharing chores is not really an option. With that in mind, the book is geared for a certain audience, many of which may have to read this as just a pleasant handbook.

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David McK (3557 KP) rated Sword of Honour in Books

Jan 30, 2019

Back in 2013 (or thereabouts) I picked up a book in my local Tesco's; a book of which (at the time) I knew nothing about but which IO ended up quite enjoying. That books (Child of Vengeance) was the immediate precursor to this, and turned out to be one that I quite enjoyed.

Fast forward roughly 5 years, and I picked up the sequel, hoping to receive the same enjoyment from it.

Unfortunately, those hopes were dashed: I found this (which is, effectively, a Japanese revenge tale) to be plodding, pedestrian, heavy going and really just not that engaging, populated with unlikeable characters with murky motivations and with a verbose style of writing that just did not flow, even in the action sequences. As such, I actually found this a struggle to make it to the end!

Sorry Mr Kirk!

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated The Ring Two (2005) in Movies

Oct 18, 2019

The Ring Two (2005)

2005 | Drama, Horror

6.2

(5 Ratings)

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The Ring's Grudge

Unlike the first one, this one is bad. It is really different from the first one and thats really effects this movie from the first one. The first one was really horrorfying and terrorfying. This one was not the scary. I mean their were some scary sences, but overall it was not that scary. So whats the plot....

Sequel to the cult horror about a videotape that brings death to anyone who watches it. The journalist from the original film destroys the tape but is pursued by the demon that cursed it and who now wants to possess her son. The Japanese director of the original directs this sequel.

It is confusing, it really doesnt make any sense, really throws everything out that the first one had and just comes out with a awful movie.