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Bethr1986 (305 KP) rated Fremonsters in Books

Dec 23, 2021  
Fremonsters
Fremonsters
Amy Marie | 2021 | Horror, Science Fiction/Fantasy
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Cody and his 2 friends Stevie and Brad, are ghost hunters not really having much to investigate, until a mysterious new artist displays his art at the museum of monsters that have been seen around the area over the years. Only now very peculiar things are happening which seem to point to some of the monsters being more than a myth!


A very well written descriptive story. You know where you are with this book no wondering what this that or the other is, as they are described in the book which really comes in handy when your not sure what something is. The close friendship between the friends is fantastic we all need close friends like that and are extremely lucky if we have them. An exciting captivating mystery that can be read again and again.
  
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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) created a post

May 1, 2024  
My April 2024 reads!

20 reads this month! My goal was to cut down my dnfs and I did a little 😂😂

3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
3 ⭐️⭐️
0 ⭐️
5 DNFS

My favourite book of the month was Come Home Katie by J.R. Erickson this was an ARC read and I absolutely loved it.

My least favourite was The Taking by Dean Koontz I don’t know how I made it to the end!

My DNFS were at 5 this month which was better than last month! I DNFd my first arc too which is something I never do!

Book of the month Come Home Katie

I was lucky enough to read 3 Arcs this month and Come home Katie was the best by far!
      
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Movie Metropolis (309 KP) rated Logan (2017) in Movies

Jun 10, 2019 (Updated Jun 10, 2019)  
Logan (2017)
Logan (2017)
2017 | Action, Adventure
9
8.3 (298 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Third time lucky?
The X-Men franchise is as convoluted as Spaghetti Junction. Littered with constantly changing timelines, it has become the epitome of tiring and fans are getting exasperated too. With every great film (X2, X-Men: Days of Future Past), the series has followed it with some truly awful movies (X-Men: Origins Wolverine, X-Men: Apocalypse).

To this end, Hugh Jackman has finally decided to hang up his Adamantium claws after Logan, his ninth and apparently final outing as the grizzly hero. Are we third time lucky for his solo films?

James Mangold, director of The Wolverine, returns to the director’s chair and helms an at times brutal and uncompromising film speckled with the sort of emotional heft you’d find in the saddest rom-com’s.

In the near future, a weary Logan (Hugh Jackman) cares for an ailing Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) in a hide out on the Mexican border accompanied by long-time acquaintance Caliban (Stephen Merchant). But Logan’s attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant, Laura, (Dafne Keen) arrives, being pursued by unspeakable dark forces.

In parts, Logan feels very much like a Western. The bleak, unforgiving Mexican landscape is a beautiful change from the dreary concrete jungles that blight the majority of superhero films these days and this is where Logan will either succeed or fail. It doesn’t feel like a superhero film, despite its faithfulness to the Old Man Logan comics.

Much like a metaphor for the genre itself, Logan has grown weary of the world and it is a testament to Hugh Jackman’s acting capabilities that he is able to add yet another dimension to a character that has been a cinema staple since the Millennium. Patrick Stewart is also on top form showing a vulnerable side to the world’s smartest mutant. Newcomer, Dafne Keen is also exceptional despite her limited dialogue.

Heartfelt scenes in which the oddball family share dinner with kind strangers are strikingly juxtaposed with sequences of sheer brutality. If you thought Deadpool was bloody, you haven’t seen anything yet. And for all the violence, Logan is the most poignant film in the entire X-Men canon, wearing its 15 certification proudly when it needs to, but not shying away from sections of quiet contemplation.

Negatives? Well, in spite of its gargantuan length, the ending feels a little tacked on and rushed – something a lot of modern blockbusters seem to feel is necessary at the moment and the final 30 minutes are a slight anti-climax in comparison to what preceded it, but on the whole, this final outing for Hugh Jackman proves a fitting one. Third time’s a charm!


https://moviemetropolis.net/2017/03/03/third-time-lucky-logan-review/
  
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Alison Pink (7 KP) rated Bodily Harm (David Sloane, #3) in Books

Jan 15, 2018  
BH
Bodily Harm (David Sloane, #3)
Robert Dugoni | 2010
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is the second book I've read that was written by Robert Dugoni. I have to admit at first I wasn't a big fan of this book, but after getting about 50 pages in, the book did begin to pick up the pace a bit. Once the plot hit it's stride, it moved at breakneck speed with barely a second to let the reader catch his/her breath! (Just the way I like it!) So if you can forgive a slow start the payoff in the end is well worth it.
I also like the main character in Dugoni's books...David Sloane. He is a slightly misunderstood, foster care system raised, misfit attorney. But he is very easy to like, even if he does tend to be a bit lucky in verdicts & lost witnesses turning up at the last minute. You can't help but feel for him & want him to win.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2206 KP) rated Cinco de Murder in Books

Apr 6, 2018  
Cinco de Murder
Cinco de Murder
Rebecca Adler | 2018 | Mystery
5
5.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Celebration Leads to Murder
It’s Cinco de Mayo weekend, and Josie Callahan has a full plate. She will be waitressing at her family’s Tex-Mex restaurant as well as helping her uncle with the first annual chili cook-off and dancing in the parade. The last thing she needs is to find the body of Lucky Straw, one of the cook-off contestants. He wasn’t well liked, but who would kill him?

This is a fun mystery tying into a different holiday, yet it fits the theme of this series perfectly. The mystery is good, with several elements to keep us guessing until the end. I did feel that the book needed another edit to smooth things over as Josie’s changing theories constantly confused me, but not in a good way for a mystery. The series regulars are as fun as always, especially Josie’s abuela