Heart Fire (Under Violet Suns #1)
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*The planet Falosia has an excess of females. The planet Verit has a surplus of males. The best of...
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Rogue (Relentless #3)
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Sara Grey is done hiding and done being afraid. The Master thinks he has her running scared, but...
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Gareth von Kallenbach (980 KP) rated Trolls (2016) in Movies
Jul 15, 2019
Trolls is an animated kids movie starring the voices of Anna Kendrick as Poppy, heir to the Trolls, and her pessimistic best friend Branch, voiced by Justin Timberlake.
Trolls opens with a quick summary of the Trolls personality– they are always happy, love to hug, party and dance. This is immediately followed up by revealing the trolls biggest predicament: the Bergens.
The Bergens don’t feel anything at all and don’t enjoy doing anything, the only amount of happiness they feel comes from eating the trolls on a holiday they deemed “Trollstis”.
I actually enjoyed this concept although it is a bit dark for children. The film however, manages to stay away from having a dark tone throughout. Instead, it’s filled with cheesy musical numbers and has a very basic plot, I.e. trolls get kidnapped and need to be rescued.
The character depth is pretty slim and the only character development we really see is with Branch (Timberlake) who goes from being pessimistic and a downer to positive and happy by the very end.
Multiple times during the movie I found myself asking “when is this going to end?”. There was maybe one moment throughout the entire movie that got a half chuckle out of me and that was absolutely it.
Despite such big names like Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Russell Brand, Zoey Deschanel and Gwen Stefani, the subtle adult jokes sprinkled throughout the movie were few and far between…. Rather than most recent films targeted at kids, that have an underlying thread aimed at drawing in adults and making it worthwhile for the adults to attend, Trolls adult aimed content seemed to be at an absolute bare minimum.
Therefore, my conclusions are this: If you’re looking for a kids movie that also has substance that reaches adults, this film doesn’t make the list. This film is simply a kids movie in every way.
However, if you want to take your kid to a movie that lights up his face and brightens his day this movie is worth sitting through.
I’d give this movie 2/5 stars as an adult, but the 8 year old boy gives it 5/5.
The Bobath Concept in Adult Neurology
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In rich yet practical detail, this book describes the Bobath Concept of physical rehabilitation...
Catwoman: Soulstealer - DC Icons Book 3
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Sizzling with action and suspense, #1 New York Times bestselling author SARAH J. MAAS delivers a...
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The Golden House
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When powerful real-estate tycoon Nero Golden immigrates to the States under mysterious...
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Merissa (13585 KP) rated Six Moon Summer (Seasons of the Moon #1) in Books
Jul 31, 2017
The pace of this book is continuous, not jerky, and the characters are well-written. Very few grammatical or editorial errors so it was a pleasure to read and I already have the second one to start.
Recommended.
* Verified Purchase ~ January 2013 *
Merissa
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ClareR (6037 KP) rated A Pocketful of Crows in Books
Mar 2, 2019
The main character is a young girl with no name: to name her is to tame her. She falls in love with the local Lord's son, and he DOES name her. She loses the ability and the freedom to travel in the bodies of wild animals (I really liked this part). He betrays her, and she decides to exact her revenge on him so that she can get her magical abilities back. It's a beautiful story with some lovely illustrations, and each new section has a quote from a Child Ballad or an old wives/ folk saying.
It's novella size, so a quick read (I could have read more!), and well worth it.
Alex Trybus (79 KP) rated Netflix in Apps
Jan 26, 2018
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2460 KP) rated The Bungalow Mystery (Nancy Drew, #3) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
I can’t remember if I read this one as a kid or not, but I quickly got caught up in the fun as an adult. There is plenty of action. Some of the twists were a little obvious, but I couldn’t figure out how everything quite fit together until the end. We still haven’t met Nancy’s usual friends, but with the emphasis on plot and action, the characters are thin anyway.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2017/08/book-review-bungalow-mystery-by-carolyn.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.