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Frost/Nixon

David Frost

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Published to coincide with the launch of Ron Howard's blockbuster film, and following on from the...

The Pedant in the Kitchen

Julian Barnes

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The Pedant's ambition is simple. He wants to cook tasty, nutritious food; he wants not to poison his...

Pious Practice and Secular Constraints: Women in the Islamic Revival in Europe

Jeanette S. Jouili

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The visible increase in religious practice among young European-born Muslims has provoked public...

Finding a Higher Love: A Spiritual Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships

Elizabeth Clare Prophet

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We re all looking for that special someone. But our expectations for love and relationships are...

Soul Awakening Practice: Activating Personal and Social Transformation

James O'Dea

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The Soul Awakening Practise is built around a 6 line mantra. A mantra is a sacred utterance....

Cities and Sustainability: A New Approach

Daniel Hoornweg

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Cities are the most likely actors to design and bring about lasting sustainability. An agreement...

Hazel (2934 KP) rated The Rainbow in Books

Aug 1, 2021

The Rainbow

Carly Schabowski | 2021 | History & Politics

9.0

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What a read that was ... so good!

I am not normally a fan of historical fiction but the cover and then the blurb had me interested and I am so pleased I didn't let this pass me by. Although this is a work of fiction, it is inspired by a true story but it feels like a "real" story and I was totally and utterly absorbed and invested in the lives of all the characters.

The story starts off in the present when Isla finds a photograph of her grandad in a German uniform, this raised questions and caused confusion as the story always told was how her grandad fought against the German's in World War II. Unable to find answers from her grandad, who has dementia, she begins a quest to uncover the truth and so begins this brilliantly written story of war, adversity, strength, courage, love, loss and friendship.

I am unable to give this book the review it deserves, I can't find the right words to put across how much I enjoyed it for which I apologise but a massive thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for my copy in return for an honest, unbiased and unedited review.

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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Onward (2020) in Movies

Sep 20, 2020

Onward (2020)

2020 | Adventure, Animation, Comedy

8.2

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This could have been the whole game, instead just feels like a fetch quest. Gotta say, (sarcasm incoming) really love the idea here to get two once-charming actors who have since had most of their personality sucked dry by the Marvel beast to lend their hardly descript vocal talents to a hardly descript movie of hardly descript characters. Did we just collectively decide against actual voice acting anymore over dry celebrities practically voicing themselves? Ends with a complete cop-out and its breathtaking animation is clouded by either murk or oversaturation seemingly deliberately. Not to mention the character design is ass-ugly. Can't entirely hate it though, not without some charm and handful of okay moments - but whose idea was it to set up this gold mine premise of magic being systematically pushed out of the world by technology for nothing more than simple convenience... and then do fucking nothing with it while setting it in this bland suburbia of normalcy? Potential brilliance in storytelling through an epic, gorgeous video game-esque Disney film is squandered for another antiseptic, indifferent retread of the most basic themes from the company. Not even funny, either. Had more fun with it than I'm probably letting on but I simultaneously loathe what this represents.