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Yoshi (40 KP) rated The Lovely Bones in Books

Oct 29, 2018  
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold | 2002 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.3 (66 Ratings)
Book Rating
My biggest beef with this book is that the plot didn't really seem to go anywhere and has too many unresolved problems. They never catch the killer, never find her body, and Susie's restless spirit is still probably haunting her family.
  
A-X-L (2018)
A-X-L (2018)
2018 | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Story (0 more)
Not very good
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This movie uses the fact that it is intended for a younger audience to ignore major plot holes and problems. The teenage characters make some very questionable decisions in the movie, and are rewarded for it in the end. The "bad" kids in the movie don't face any consequences for leaving another teenager injured and stranded in the desert. While the "good"kid steal money from an ATM, but thats apparently okay because the robot dog hacked it. That's just the start of the problems I found in this movie, but maybe a kid would enjoy it.
  
Marvel's Luke Cage  - Season 2
Marvel's Luke Cage - Season 2
2017 | Sci-Fi
The musical montages of course (2 more)
The villain Bushmaster
The Iron Fist episode he is so much more will written
Some unnecessary romance problems (1 more)
Some cheesy dialogue and fight scenes
Harlem's hero is back
Contains spoilers, click to show
Really like the character progression for Luke and the main villain
  
13 Reasons Why  - Season 1
13 Reasons Why - Season 1
2017 | Drama
I thought this was a great show to highlight the problems faced by many teens these days. It didn’t gloss over the harder points, instead it showed them to the full which I appreciated. It was hard to watch but I think it was needed.
  
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Terence Koh recommended The Krishnamurti Reader in Books (curated)

 
The Krishnamurti Reader
The Krishnamurti Reader
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Book Favorite

"A guide on living. Krishnamurti asks us to question everything, find out the answers ourselves. It’s something that strikes my mind every time I read the news and all the problems we have today. Start with mutating our own mind and then society’s will follow."

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Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos: The Scientific Quest for the Secret of the Universe
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Book Favorite

"For cosmology, Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos, by Dennis Overbye, was one of my first favorites. I find men and women struggling to answer the deepest questions we can ask freeing. It also puts in scale whatever my small problems of the day might be."

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The Otherside of Hope (2017)
The Otherside of Hope (2017)
2017 | Comedy, Drama
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Movie Favorite

"Comedy boils the global stew down to our common humanity, making difference attractive rather than frightening. I like that Kaurismäki can engage with heavy contemporary problems in a gently humorous way. And he has always managed to show working class characters as full individuals."

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Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
2019 | Action, Sci-Fi
Illusion Scenes (1 more)
Acting
Too light and shallow (0 more)
What this film is able to do really well is understand Spider-Man's abilities and how he can use them to navigate different problems in creative ways.

Full Review:
https://www.bohanreviews.com/post/spider-man-far-from-home
  
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Merissa (11612 KP) created a post

Feb 10, 2023  
"Teen heroines in history use geometry, algebra and other mathematics to solve colossal problems."

Tour: The Adventures of Ruby Pi and the Geometry Girls (Ruby Pi Adventures #1) by Tom Durwood - #TheCoffeePotBookClub, #BlogTour, #YoungAdult (#YA), #Adventure, #ScienceGirls,

https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/theadventuresofrubypiandthegeometrygirls-rubypiadventures-1-bytomdurwood
     
GoodFellas (1990)
GoodFellas (1990)
1990 | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The cast (1 more)
The story
A classic
A great life story about a boy who enrolls in the local mob. Only for it to cause huge problems for him during the course of his life. Tough violent and gritty, but a classic film. Story telling at its best.