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Leila (5 KP) rated Black Mirror in TV

Feb 3, 2019 (Updated Feb 3, 2019)  
Black Mirror
Black Mirror
2011 | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
If you're looking for a mini-movie that will leave you wondering if technology is really worth the risk, this series is jam-packed full of them.
  Each episode is a standalone, a great concept allowing each story to be told in entirety unconstrained by time requirements or character involvement. Episodes range from an hour and a half to just forty minutes, but no episode feels lacking and no episode feels too "fluffed"; you may leave wanting more but never unsatisfied.
  Episode one of season one isn't for everyone and I urge you to look past it and discover those episodes that are for you. There are a wide variety of topics covered and some are cruder than others but never just to be crude, it is always with a purpose. Same goes for any violence or language, all is with a purpose and doesn't seem gratuitous. The "Playtest" episode is probably the most jump-scare frightening, but even then, not without purpose, serving a crucial part in how the story unfolds.
  While you don't have to watch them in order, I do recommend you wait to watch "Black Museum" until you have watch all of the first four seasons, in order to get the most of the Easter Eggs hidden throughout the episode. You will also find that there are some episodes that will casually mention things from previous episodes, or have a recurring song you can't help but remember from a previous story. It's these little details that make Black Mirror a great anthology, with a story for everyone just waiting to be told.
  
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ClareR (5879 KP) rated Raybearer (Raybearer #1) in Books

Sep 15, 2020 (Updated Sep 15, 2020)  
Raybearer (Raybearer #1)
Raybearer (Raybearer #1)
Jordan Ifueko | 2020 | LGBTQ+, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Raybearer is a fantasy set in part in West African myth (which I really wish I knew more about, by the way). Tarisai lives in a big house full of tutors and servants, all training her for one purpose. Her mother rarely visits, and Tarisai wishes she would visit more often - she longs for a mother who will care for her and touch/ hug her. The reason for this becomes very clear as the story progresses.

Tarisai learns that her education has been leading her to one end: to become part of the crowned Prince’s Council of Eleven, and to ultimately kill him. But Tarisai doesn’t want to fulfil her life’s purpose. She doesn’t want to be a murderer, and she actually really likes the Prince.

I shouldn’t be surprised, because I’ve said it often enough myself, but for those uninitiated in YA books, this actually deals with some pretty serious themes: gender roles, and the fact that girls don’t all want their sole life purpose to be that of a child bearer, and parental abuse of children (in this case, physical abuse - eg. hitting). So this isn’t a book for the faint hearted! It’s a beautifully told story though, it has a feel of the fairytale or myth about it, and I definitely think that it was time well spent. To top it off, I see that this is the first book in perhaps a duology or trilogy? I’ll be looking out for the next one, because I’m intrigued to see how this story will develop.

Many thanks to the publisher, Hot Key Books, and to NetGalley for my copy of this book.
  
The Night Circus
The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.1 (106 Ratings)
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Beautiful writing (2 more)
A great story
The circus and the characters are brillliant
Absolutely spectacular
It's been a while since I read this book but I remember being in complete awe of it. Every single word has a purpose, it's as if each one is specially selected to realise the novel's potential and it's quite rare to get that.

It's mesmerising and beautiful and it's nice to see magic used with subtlety yet still being important without overshadowing. It's difficult to believe this was a debut novel!
  
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Emma (2 KP) rated Big Little Lies in Books

Oct 5, 2018  
Big Little Lies
Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.6 (97 Ratings)
Book Rating
The pacing was good, the use of music was so impressive. The cast were amazing and the story lines were believable and relatable (0 more)
Some of the violence (0 more)
Thrilling interesting and twisty
I really loved this series and while I sometimes flinched away at the use of sexual violence it portrayed it did so with a purpose rather then to revel in the responses.
As a single mother I could relate to the struggles of motherhood when even when you try your best you never feel good enough.
  
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B (62 KP) rated Castle Diary in Books

Oct 6, 2018  
Castle Diary
Castle Diary
Richard Platt | 2018 | Children, Fiction & Poetry
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6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I read this book with my 7th graders as part of their unit on Identity in the Middle Ages. Overall it was interesting and did a fairly good job of interspersing fact with fiction. The pictures also really helped add to the story. I would have liked to see a bit more purpose in the overall plot, but for the most part this is a good book for middle schoolers wanting to know what life might've been like for them in the 13th century.