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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated The Watcher in Books
Jul 29, 2017
"One of the best thrillers I've read in a while"
No doubt there are clear remnants of Girl on a Train and Rear Window in this psychological thriller, and having heard a fair few, sometimes it seems obvious who the culprit is.
However - the twists and turns to get to the climax are absolutely gut wrenching, the first personal dialogue writing in a journal is engaging and the contemporary plot is interesting - so it's well worth the read. Catherine Steadman is a great performer - and it reminded me of listening to Paula Hawkin's character - there are clear similarities. Overall, definitely worth any hype.
However - the twists and turns to get to the climax are absolutely gut wrenching, the first personal dialogue writing in a journal is engaging and the contemporary plot is interesting - so it's well worth the read. Catherine Steadman is a great performer - and it reminded me of listening to Paula Hawkin's character - there are clear similarities. Overall, definitely worth any hype.
Kira (36 KP) rated The Boy I Love in Books
Sep 3, 2017
Well developed characters (1 more)
Beautifully written
The boy I love, for me, was an emotional, yet amazing book. I fell in love with it many years ago, when I found myself so engrossed it was near impossible to put down.
While books based around war aren't normally my thing, Marion Husband captures personal struggles, dealing with coming home from combat and a forbidden sexuality in a very classy and believable way.
The story is rich, the characters are three dimensional and you get to see them develop right up until the very end. I highly recommend this.
While books based around war aren't normally my thing, Marion Husband captures personal struggles, dealing with coming home from combat and a forbidden sexuality in a very classy and believable way.
The story is rich, the characters are three dimensional and you get to see them develop right up until the very end. I highly recommend this.
Charlotte (210 KP) rated I Forget Where We Were by Ben Howard in Music
Sep 8, 2017
beautiful, ambient songs (3 more)
heartbreaking and heartwarming lyrics
reassuringly yet terrifyingly relatable lyrics in terms of their expression of deep, personal emotions that are often hard to articulate
immersive sounds to get lost in
harrowing and beautiful in equal measures, this is one of my favourite second albums of all time. Ben Howard takes an incredibly dark direction in his second album, drawing upon some of the deeper, sadder, darker themes that had crept into his debut album but here confronts the darkness head on
Jaycee Lynn Funk (1 KP) rated The Gate Crasher in Books
May 1, 2018
No growth!
Our main character, Fleur, floats around from funeral to funeral to find men she can gold dig, which could have been a very interesting plot. That is where the positivity of this review ends. I think that Sophie Kinsella chooses to use the pen name Madeline Wickam when she wants to write something depressing, slow, and disappointing. Fleur had NO personal growth. Every character was a terrible person except for the man she was swindling, which made you want to slap him for even falling for Fleur at all.
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Apr 1, 2019
ClareR (5911 KP) rated Sweetbitter in Books
May 4, 2019
A year in the life of a young woman who moves to New York and gets a job in a high end restaurant. Tess is 22 and lives life to its fullest - that’s if you count drinking hard, taking drugs and hardly sleeping as living hard. She learns a lot about food and wine, but not so much about personal relationships.
This was heralded as the book of Summer 2016, but I’m afraid I found it boring. Nothing much happens, she’s so self-centred as to be a rather unpleasant character. Reading this feels like time I can’t get back, I’m afraid!
This was heralded as the book of Summer 2016, but I’m afraid I found it boring. Nothing much happens, she’s so self-centred as to be a rather unpleasant character. Reading this feels like time I can’t get back, I’m afraid!
B (15 KP) rated The Handmaid's Tale - Season 1 in TV
Jan 24, 2018
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This series confronts the fears many women have feared in the past and still fear today. Facing a possible reality of the removal of rights to reproduction and anonymity the women of this future thought it was all but a joke. Suddenly a fundamentalist government takes power and dictates the lives of the women who are "blessed" enough to still be fertile. I recommend this series to all women and men who might not understand the fears other women have about having reproductive choices being removed as a personal choice but still have an open mind to hear those fears.
MissCagey (2652 KP) rated Still Alice (2015) in Movies
Mar 31, 2018
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I have no personal experience of Alzheimer's but Moore's portrayal of an intelligent woman losing her words, forgetting where rooms are in her own home and even not recognising one of her daughters was utterly heartbreaking.
I believe there could've been a far better ending than Kirsten Stewart's character reading a monologue from a play. I am completely unfamiliar with the play "Angels in America" and to me it seemed like they only chucked that in to get the line "Nothing's lost for ever" in. After an intense and unsettling ride through the movie the ending certainly let it down.
I believe there could've been a far better ending than Kirsten Stewart's character reading a monologue from a play. I am completely unfamiliar with the play "Angels in America" and to me it seemed like they only chucked that in to get the line "Nothing's lost for ever" in. After an intense and unsettling ride through the movie the ending certainly let it down.
Deborah (162 KP) rated Riseley: Our Village in Books
Dec 21, 2018
Nice local history book produced by residents for the millennium. My Grandma's family are from this village so lots of familiar names. Also a photo and some anecdotes from Grandma (Ida Bates, nee Hancock) were a nice touch from a personal perspective. There's also a photo of my great-great grandfather (although not noted in the text) and of 'Tink' Hancock, who would have been a great-great uncle. The section on the church was written by Phillip Nicholls, who is a cousin on another side of the family! Lots of interest for me here, as you can see.
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Ragdoll by Daniel Cole had me griped from the very beginning, if this was a series I would have binge watched from the pilot.
Cole has created two fantastic protagonist characters, with a realistic working and personal relationship. I was actually interested in what they were doing and indeed finding out more if their back stories. Which come delves into quite well.
The main story was cleverly set out, lots of twists to keep the reader guessing and the description of the details were astounding. I am eagerly awaiting the follow up book by Cole.
Cole has created two fantastic protagonist characters, with a realistic working and personal relationship. I was actually interested in what they were doing and indeed finding out more if their back stories. Which come delves into quite well.
The main story was cleverly set out, lots of twists to keep the reader guessing and the description of the details were astounding. I am eagerly awaiting the follow up book by Cole.