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David McK (3425 KP) rated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) in Movies

Jan 3, 2021  
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
2018 | Action, Animation, Sci-Fi
5
9.0 (113 Ratings)
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Don't see Uncle Ben getting killed (again) (0 more)
Headache inducing! (0 more)
Headache inducing!
To the best of my knowledge, the first Spider-man film to follow the exploits of Miles Morales instead of the more famous Peter Parker, with Brooklyn teen Miles also getting bitten by a radioactive spider and acquiring new abilities just as Kingpin opens a portal into parallel universes after finally killing 'his' version of Spider-Man, as a (un-intended, from his point of view) result of which various other Spider-verse characters arrive in his universe and start to teach Miles Morales the ropes.

Much has been made of this movie, and of it's soundtrack and attempt to portray comic-book panels on-screen: bot of which, I have to say, I found to be headache inducing rather than the (supposed) 'fresh and vibrant' I had read they were.
  
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Enyeh (71 KP) rated Foundation in Books

Sep 5, 2017  
Foundation
Foundation
Isaac Asimov | 1942 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
6
7.6 (5 Ratings)
Book Rating
Political intrigue, narrative structure, foresight (many aspects of plot) (0 more)
Writing style, plausibility of characters (0 more)
Asimov's Foundation series is a classic for a reason. His ability to construct a coherent political narrative across centuries, without sounding like a dry textbook from a parallel universe, is astounding. However, Asimov's talents lie in plot and narrative - not in writing style, dialogue, or characterization. He utilizes character interactions to describe most occurring events, but these interactions are simply not believable. You find yourself rolling your eyes, cringing away, even having to close the book for a moment to rid your mind of the image of Asimov as a greasy 15-year-old in his mom's basement, trying to write about human beings without ever interacting with them.

Sorry, Isaac. I'm sure that's not true of you.


All in all, the success of this book doesn't surprise me, but it was not easy to get through.
  
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Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) rated Here (On the Otherside, #1) in Books

Jun 7, 2018  
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Here (On the Otherside, #1)
Denise Grover Swank | 2011
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
First off, this book was nothing like I expected! Going by the cover and by the synopsis, I thought it was going to be a ghost book (which is why I downloaded it in the first place). However, it has no ghosts in it. It's about a parallel universe/alternate reality.

Saying that, I did love this book. I found myself staying up at night just to read the next chapter. The characters are well formed and so is the plot.

There is a love triangle which is kind of annoying since they seem to be in every book at the moment. I also found Julia a bit annoying at the end of the book which I won't elaborate on because of spoilers.

However, for the most part, this book does make you believe that an alternate reality could exist. I'd definitely recommend this book to all fans of YA.