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Changeling (Outcast Mates #2)

Lee Colgin

10.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Dominus—an incubus who runs a brothel called The Twig & Berries—is bored with his life and...

MM Historical Paranormal Romance

David McK (3663 KP) rated A Quiet Place: Part II (2021) in Movies

Apr 10, 2023

A Quiet Place: Part II (2021)

2021 | Horror, Thriller

8.0

(22 Ratings)

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Sequel to the 2018 original, which - despite being a commercial and critical darling - was a film that I couldn't really see what all the fuss was about.

Despite being a sequel, this actually starts back at 'Day One' with a protracted flash-back scene that I'm not quite sure the point of, before jumping ahead to pick up almost immediately (like, immediately immediately) after the ending of the first film, with the remnants of the same family now leaving their refuge and trekking cross-country to the hills where they know there are other survivors (Cillian Murphy), but now also armed with the knowledge of how to defeat the seemingly-invincible 'hunt by sound' creatures.

What follows is roughly an hour and a half, maybe three quarters or so, where they continue to make bad decision after bad decision, and where the tension is consistently racked up, almost to the the point where the jump scares lose most (but not all) of their impact ...

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Cori June (3033 KP) rated Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong #1) in Books

Feb 19, 2022

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong #1)

Kwame Mbalia | 2019 | Paranormal, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)

8.5

(2 Ratings)

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Good read for anyone

This is a great middle grade book. The story is compelling and deep. Tristan is a boy who is struggling with growing up, figuring out how to deal with losing his best friend, and feeling like a disappointment to his parents and grandparents. It's a rollercoaster of feelings and a great story.
If you don't know anything or much about African American or African folktales or mythology, it's ok. I really know only two (John Henry the reason why I bought the book.) and have only a passing knowledge of some of the characters and others I didn't know at all. And that didn't distract from the story. I will be looking the stories up because I want to know more about them. That kind of curiosity is something that I feel makes a great book.
I look forward to reading the next story.