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The Deceit

Tom Knox

6.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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High-concept adventure thriller set in Egypt and Cornwall. What connects a lost hoard of ancient...

ClareR (6054 KP) rated Days of Light in Books

Nov 23, 2025

Days of Light

Megan Hunter | 2025 | Fiction & Poetry, LGBTQ+

9.0

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Days of Light tells the story of Ivy, from 1938 when she’s young and inexperienced, up to the 1990’s in her final years. Each time we step forward in time, we see Ivy on the same day. We see the consequences of her life choices, her losses and how she matures.

After the initial chapter where Ivy’s brother dies and she decides to marry a much older friend of the family, time jumps forward in decades to begin with, and longer periods of time nearer the end. Ivy joins a religious order as a nun, but I think this is largely because of the unresolved feelings she has for her friend, Frances.

There is a very spiritual feel to this novel: from the first chapter and the light that Ivy sees that distracts her from her brother drowning, her religious awakening, and the light she sees at the end of her life.

This was a lovely, gentle and thoughtful novel. It was an absolute pleasure to read.

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Sonofdel (6291 KP) rated Pari (2018) in Movies

Feb 22, 2019

Pari (2018)

2018 | Horror

3.0

(1 Ratings)

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Over the top acting, too much religious implications (0 more)

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I watched this with a open mind and no idea of what i was letting myself in for. Its a pakistani horror film that mixes Pet Sematary and The Omen, though to no good effect. Its too laid down with pointless scenes and monologues. I gave it a 3 rating as the idea was good and Pari (the girl of the title seemed to relish her part