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Christine A. (965 KP) rated Red Rising in Books

Nov 14, 2018

Red Rising

Pierce Brown | 2014 | Dystopia, Fiction & Poetry, Young Adult (YA)

8.4

(34 Ratings)

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"Red Rising" is the first book in the "Red Rising Saga" by Pierce Brown. I read this book switching between a printed copy, an E-book and, when in the car, listened to the audio book. While this story is not a new concept the story is engaging and a quick read. At the start of the book, Darrow, a member of the lowest caste is full of hate and rage toward the dominant Gold caste. (SPOILERS FOLLOW) Throughout the story, and even toward the end, Darrow is surprised to learn he likes, and has become friends with, some of the Golds. He learned not all members of a group are the same. At the end of the novel, he is still full of rage and hate but it's now directed mainly at specific people, not just all members of the ruling Gold caste. I would like to see this story added to required reading lists for students. This book is a subtle way to teach tolerance. I will read the rest of the series but at this time. I had read twice. The 1st read (in 2015) was for me. The 2nd read (in 2018) was for a book club.

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Shaun Collins (3 KP) rated Doctor Who: In the Blood in Books

Jan 12, 2018

Meh. Overlong, unneeded travelogue with the Doctor and Donna globetrotting all over the Earth... WITHOUT the TARDIS. Flying commercial airliners, just to have a plane crash scene, commuting by rail just to have a train crash scene. The main plot about evil aliens hiding within social media and feeding off negative emotions of posters (i.e. Nerd Rage) is topical, but doesn't fit Doctor Who. Not a particularly well told tale either, when I finally got to the climax it was more of a relief than a satisfactory ending. Was not impressed with this one at all.

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Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated Fight Club (1999) in Movies

Jan 13, 2018

Fight Club (1999)

1999 | Thriller

8.5

(94 Ratings)

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The first rule of fight club

A movie with tons of twists and turns as we Ed Norton and Brad Pitt duke it out on several occasions. A story of an insurance adjuster who needs emotional contact with people around him finds refuge with a soap sales man who encourages him to fight out his troubles and rage against the world around him. The first time I saw this I didn't not see the ending coming but, once you have watched it all the way through you pick up on certain clues which don't spoil the movie but make even better.

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Mariafrancesca (30 KP) rated Illuminae: The Illuminae Files: Book 1 in Books

Mar 30, 2019

Unique narrative style (1 more)

Human-AI relationship

This book is ****ing epic!
The unique format and the eventful plot are just part of the reasons that make Illuminae an incredible reading.
The struggle of the cold logic of an AI that tries to stay true to its core programming but still finds itself evolving, trying to grasp human nature, even feeling emotions that it cannot completely understand (envy, rage, love, fear) reaches peaks that have something of the lyric typical of literary fiction shelf.
And this is just one of the plot line!
I can't wait to find out what's next.