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ClareR (5726 KP) rated Home Fire in Books

Nov 15, 2017  
Home Fire
Home Fire
Kamila Shamsie | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
10
9.0 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
An interesting view of Islamophobia and muslims living in the UK.
The story of a Muslim family living in London, persecuted by the ghost of their jihadi father. Narrated by five protagonists, who express five different views on today's attitudes of being Muslim in a western country: (non) respect towards religions, the traditional vs modern, what it means to be a Muslim in today's world, and in particular, it's the story of stigmatisation. An interesting, topical story that shows our diverse world, and how we MUST look at what is causing radicalisation.
One of my books of the year.
  
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Bird (1702 KP) rated Taboo - Season 1 in TV

Apr 27, 2017  
Taboo - Season 1
Taboo - Season 1
2017 | Drama
8
8.1 (12 Ratings)
TV Season Rating Watch
Pre-Victorian London has never looked so beautifully squalid! (4 more)
Tom Hardy unsurprisingly excels in the powerful lead role of a violent low-lifer
Genuinely fascinating insight into the broad history of the time
Strong performances all-round
An almost monochrome visual that transforms you to a dark place you're glad you can leave at the end of each episode!
A bit of a slow burner - you don't mind leaving the room for a few minutes knowing you probably wont miss that much (1 more)
A few (undeliberate?) loose ends, but maybe saved for Season 2?
Gloomy And Brutal With A Dash Of Sweeney Todd
  
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Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated The War that Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life #1) in Books

Jan 12, 2018  
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The War that Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life #1)
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley | 2015
8
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
[The War That Saved My Life] by [Kimberly Brubaker Bradley] is a well told story of a young girl in London who has a mother that is ashamed of her. She uses World War II as a way to escape her mother with her young brother to the countryside when children are evacuated from the city. They are placed with a single woman who is suffering from demons of her own.

This coming of age story shows how we all fight wars within ourselves each day and sometimes it takes allowing others to help you to win those wars.