Charlotte (184 KP) rated Dagger Hill in Books
Sep 10, 2021
The potential to be made into a film is definitely lurking there.
The four main characters, teenagers on the threshold of their senior year, are interesting and quirky. Each has a different personality that gels well with the others but doesn't then blend into one boring entity.
Set in 1989, a time before the internet and mobile phones (as we know them now and the actual ability to carry one) Dagger Hill has a small town charm. A charm that contrasts against the awful things that happen there.
This is at least a young adult read with themes of horror and violence. It could easily sit on a shelf with books written by such greats as King and Laymon. It's the kind of book that crawls into your thoughts when you least expect it and creates vivid scenes in your mind.
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Essentials of Murder
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Following a scandal that chased her from San Francisco, Carissa Carmichael struggles to find...
Bob Mann (459 KP) rated The Tattooist (2018) in Movies
Sep 28, 2021
Positives:
Well! This should be a case study for Zack Snyder that you don’t need a film to be a bladder-busting 242 minutes in order to tell a story. At just 80 seconds long, this is a masterclass in subliminal editing.
The film is both disturbing and quirky. Is the tattooist just day-dreaming? Is what he is thinking about down in his shop’s cellar right now? Is the semi-naked girl on the table to be next? All questions and no answers are forthcoming!
It’s impressive when you think of all of the production design that had to go into making each of those subliminal shots (e.g. the still below). As in Wong’s previous short film (“The Story of 90 Coins“), the lighting and cinematography is first rate.
Negatives:
None. For what it is, it’s very impressive.
Loyalties (BBS #1)
Deborah Dorchak and Wendi Kelly
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Regina Capalini, abandoned by her parents at age three, and the victim of a heinous crime, has been...
Adult Paranormal Romance
Sisters is about July and September, born 10 months apart and as close as twins. They’ve only ever needed each other. But when school bullying results in them moving away with their mother to an abandoned house on the Yorkshire coast, their relationship starts to fracture. And as they push one another to do increasingly daring things, July starts to realise that something isn’t quite right.
My thoughts:
I love a quirky read, and Sisters is exactly that. I was never quite sure what July and September were going to do next, and their demands of each other were at times really dangerous. They are very insular and don’t seems to want anyone else involved in their relationship - even their mother. Even the house they live in is unfriendly, set in a hostile environment.
This isn’t a scary book at all, but it’s packed with suspense and there’s a really uncomfortable, disorientating atmosphere.
I loved it.
Pictures of Hollis Woods
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Hollis Woods is the place where a baby was abandoned is the baby's name is an artist is...
Framed for Murder
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After a life-changing injury, Mel O'Rourke trades in her badge for bed sheets, running a B & B in...
Saving What's Mine (Men of Maddox Security #2)
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When life hands Orion Locke a new assignment, it’s not just any routine security detail—he’s...
The Everything Easy Asian Cookbook: Includes: Crab Rangoon, Pad Thai Shrimp, Quick and Easy Hot and Sour Soup, Beef with Broccoli, Coconut Rice...and Hundreds More !
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