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Andy K (10823 KP) created a video about The Zero Theorem (2014) in Movies
Dec 20, 2017 (Updated Dec 21, 2017)

Andy K (10823 KP) created a video about Halloween II (2009) in Movies
Oct 11, 2018 (Updated Oct 11, 2018)

Laura Doe (1350 KP) rated Life, Death and Biscuits in Books
Apr 4, 2022

Kimmic (814 KP) rated The Poppy Girls (The Maitland Trilogy #1) in Books
Jan 22, 2019
Intense (2 more)
Emotional
Can't put it down
Intense book about the war from the nurses POV
Pips Maitland rebels against her family with the hopes of becoming a doctor, and enlists to be a nurse at the front line with her maid Alice. Nothing prepares them for the horrific sights and injuries that they face.

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Mar 31, 2019

BeRad89 (48 KP) rated The War Nurses in Books
Apr 5, 2018

Bubblesreview (110 KP) rated The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story in Books
Mar 17, 2019

ClareR (5906 KP) rated This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor in Books
Apr 29, 2019
Finding humour in difficult times
This is a book that tells it like it is: the long hours, no sleep, the volume of work, the responsibility, the gory, gruesome bits, the humour, the sadness and the stress. We take for granted that the NHS and our doctors will always be there, but after reading this book, I find myself with even more respect for the doctors and nurses in our hospitals, and the care they give us even when they’re tired and stressed.
This is very funny though, and I think a lot of humour is probably used by doctors - whatever gets them through their long shifts!
This is very funny though, and I think a lot of humour is probably used by doctors - whatever gets them through their long shifts!

Awix (3310 KP) rated And Soon the Darkness (1970) in Movies
Jul 31, 2020 (Updated Jul 31, 2020)
Slightly underpowered psycho-horror movie. Two nurses on a cycling holiday in France find themselves being stalked by a murderous psychopath, but who? There are various slightly suspicious French locals about the place (mostly played by Hungarians and Czechs, because all those foreigners are the same, aren't they), most of whom insist on not knowing any English. Merde!
Sticks admirably to genre conventions, up to a point, and it has a certain sort of bleak creepiness. However, it feels very long and slow - short on incident, certainly, also on warmth and humour (I know it's a horror movie, but you need some light and shade). Considering this is practically the very next thing the Avengers TV show team did next - the script is by renowned pulp storytellers Brian Clemens and Terry Nation - you could be forgiven for expecting something with more charm and imagination.
Sticks admirably to genre conventions, up to a point, and it has a certain sort of bleak creepiness. However, it feels very long and slow - short on incident, certainly, also on warmth and humour (I know it's a horror movie, but you need some light and shade). Considering this is practically the very next thing the Avengers TV show team did next - the script is by renowned pulp storytellers Brian Clemens and Terry Nation - you could be forgiven for expecting something with more charm and imagination.