Crows and Angels
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Based on true events, Crows and Angels, is a real story of good versus evil. Follow Hannah Nelson, a...
For the Love of God, Marie!
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For the Love of God, Marie! tackles themes of sexism, body image, gender identity, racism, faith...
Eastern Sudan in its Setting: The Archaeology of a Region Far from the Nile Valley
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Eastern Sudan, like other regions far away from the Nile valley, has often been overlooked...
Andy K (10821 KP) rated The Conspirator (2011) in Movies
Sep 1, 2019
After the assassination of our 16th and very popular president, Abraham Lincoln, the conspirators are shot and/or caught to face an outraged and shocked nation right at the end of the Civil War. Among the accused is Mary Surratt who is on trial for her involvement in aiding, lodging and collaborating with those accused. The entire nation wants justice however they can get it, so her circumstance seems dire without a lot of reprieve.
Enter her reluctant defense attorney who doesn't really want the job of defending a woman everyone wants to see brought to justice. Her trial seems one-sided at best with witnesses changing their stories and the judges not allowing much argument against the accused.
Mary herself seems she has given up hope with little regard for her own life.
Redford manages to build the tension slowly as the evidence becomes increasingly bleak for the defendant and everyone's eyes on the trial's outcome. Stellar performance by the always interesting James McAvoy. He wrestles with his own emotions and the growing prejudice the trial has brought upon him and his family to persevere and provide ample defense for his client.
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
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Miscast in the media for nearly 130 years, the victims of Jack the Ripper finally get their full...
The Wedding
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Set on a bucolic Martha's Vineyard in the 1950s, The Wedding tells the story of life in the Oval, a...
Loving Her
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A groundbreaking novel of two very different women, one black and one white, and a remarkable love...
Shadow Blade: Reload
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Shadow Blade is an action-platformer set in a visually striking world where the ancient teachings of...
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Wintervail will bring more than gifts and snow… Evidence of an assassin has gone missing, along...
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ClareR (5603 KP) rated We Are Not Like Them in Books
Mar 28, 2022
Jen (white) and Riley (black) have grown up together, and are like sisters. Colour has never been an issue between the two of them. But when Jen’s Police Officer husband is involved in the shooting of a black teenaged boy, and Riley is given the job of covering the story as a TV reporter, things become difficult and strained between them. Is their past enough to keep the friendship going? I did wonder on many occasions throughout the book.
Themes include racism, prejudice, white privilege and police brutality. It’s a pretty hard-hitting book, and could be set anywhere in the US at the moment. We have our own issues and institutional racism to deal with in the UK, and it was interesting to see how this panned out. I did think that Riley worried more about Jen. Jen was completely wrapped up in her own problems, using Riley as someone to lean on, whilst not being at all curious about Riley’s feelings on what had happened to the boy. But then, Jen has some pretty huge things going on in her life, too.
I can see this being an ideal book for a book club - so much is going on, there’s so much to unpick.
It’s a powerful novel. Recommended.