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Cumberland (1142 KP) rated Turtles All The Way Down in Books

Aug 29, 2018

Turtles All The Way Down

John Green | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

8.4

(60 Ratings)

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Great read

John Green has a talent for making his characters feel like real people with very real problems. Aza's struggle with her mental health is heartbreaking and engaging, but the true magic of this book is how her struggles also impact those around her. Davis and Daisy are both well rounded characters who have realistic reactions to Aza's illness. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who would like an inside look at the spiraling invasive thoughts that can be caused by mental illness.

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T Money (11 KP) rated Children of Blood and Bone: Book 1 in Books

Jun 19, 2019

Children of Blood and Bone: Book 1

Tomi Adeyemi | 2018 | Paranormal, Young Adult (YA)

8.1

(28 Ratings)

Book Rating

Good not great

The format keeps this book from being great. First person present tense, again, is terrible. But in this book it is compounded by the fact that we read from 3 people's POV. "I" means three people, depending on the chapter. That was immersion breaking and holds the book back from greatness.

Otherwise, I loved the story, the characters, the magic. It was very good, and felt shorter than it was. It read fast, it was never dull. I'd recommend this book to anyone.

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Cori June (3033 KP) created a post in Theories of the World

Dec 15, 2018

I'm going to start on a "blanket theory".
My theory is for the fantasy/fiction genre:
I don't think anyone is legitimately dead unless one of two things happen
1. You see the dead body.
2. Two or more credible characters say that a person is actually dead.
although, there are some (like the futuristic & a few magic sub-genres) that rules 1 & 2 have to be present.
Has anyone else noticed this?
(Horror doesn't apply because they have their own set of crazy rules.)

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Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated Gavin and Stacey: Christmas special 2019 in TV

Dec 25, 2019

Gavin and Stacy (3 more)

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Rob bryden

Ten years between episodes (0 more)

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Just finished watching just as good as the last time they were on ten years ago brilliant comedy all the actors are back fitting back perfectly into their roles and a excellent script from both Ruth Jones and James Corden what's not like. And then there's Rob bryden as uncle Byran his almost meltdown over the Christmas turkey magic. Hope they make another soon and not ten years from now due to big cliffhanger

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EmersonRose (320 KP) rated Saga in Books

Nov 20, 2019

Saga

Brian K. Vaughan | 2012 | Comics & Graphic Novels

9.2

(21 Ratings)

Book Rating

I have not read a lot of comics. I did get very into Valerian and Laureline and the new Labyrinth comic, but both I got into because of already being a fan of the story from the movie versions. Getting into this media, both of my brother (avid comic book readers) each suggested some comics for me. My younger brother suggested saga. I really enjoyed reading it. I found the story, style, voice, magic, and characters to all work great. I will continue reading this series soon!