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Milleen (47 KP) rated Our Little Lies in Books

Jan 14, 2019

Our Little Lies

Sue Watson | 2018 | Mystery, Thriller

9.3

(3 Ratings)

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This is a very dramatic departure from the usual sugar dusted, bakery inspired novels Watson is so famous for. It’s a psychological, dark, domestic thriller that explores a seemingly perfect marriage, exposing what goes on behind closed doors. Marianne has everything, a handsome surgeon husband, a beautiful home and three children she adores. A perfect life. Then her husband says another woman’s name and her spiral descent begins. Is it paranoia or does she have reason to believe that this is another woman? This is a tense novel, using dramatic irony to pull you along Marianne’s journey. The characters are a little cliched, but I won’t spoil your reading by revealing too much. If you enjoy this genre then it is ‘unputdownable’.

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Eleanor (1463 KP) rated Girl, Interrupted (1999) in Movies

Nov 12, 2019

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Great performance form Angelina Jolie in a not so great film.

Following her committal to a mental institute, we follow the experiences of Susanna (Winona Ryder) in the late 1960s. Based on the book by the same name, which I've heard a lot of good things about, I failed to really be engaged by Susanna's story. I never felt for her struggle or journey, in fact, I was bored by it. I'm normally a huge Ryder fan but this just didn't work for me.

Without the strong showing by Angelina Jolie as the full-on wackjob with a personality, I might not of made it to the end.

A fairly uninspiring film for a story that should of been emotionally engaging.

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Eleanor (1463 KP) Nov 13, 2019

I think the book may be better for me as I engage with them more than movies, I'm pretty harsh in movies as a result. But so many books to read and so little time.....

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Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) Nov 14, 2019

Ha! I know the feeling. I feel like I'm not going to live long enough to read all the books I have. Even if I lived to be 100, I'd still need about a million years more!

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Veronica Pena (690 KP) rated Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) in Movies

Apr 2, 2020

This film does not hold up. I think the best part about it is that Christa B. Allen played a young Jennifer Garner, just like she does in 13 Going on 30. Matthew McConaughey's character is shallow and closed off, only to go on a journey with his girlfriends to see why. It's A Christmas Carol but significantly worse.

Emma Stone is the one that really shines in this film and I will forever love her huge hair and fake braces. I need a movie just about her. She's the highlight. Everything else is dull and boring to watch. Also, anytime I see Breckin Meyer in literally anything, I think about when he was in Garfield. That's the role he will never live down.

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saheffernan (157 KP) rated City of Girls in Books

Apr 11, 2020

City of Girls

Elizabeth Gilbert | 2019 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry

10.0

(1 Ratings)

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This book starts with 19 year old Vivan writing to women about how she came to know and what she possibly was to this womens father. It takes us on her journey of 1940s New York through the war and after how the world changed. Vivian does focus a lot on Vivian but the story is hers to tell, and she isn't shy about her faults. I loved her and I have to say there were things she did, said and felt that I feel came directly out of me. Elizabeth Gilbert worte a beautiful story that took at times a slow pace but still felt as though my time was valuable in experiencing the whole story. Now were are my pearls and a good cocktail ...