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David McK (3372 KP) rated His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes in Books

May 5, 2024  
His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes
His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry
6
7.3 (4 Ratings)
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So, 2 things:

1) I actually listened to the Stephen Fry presented Audible version of this (in between bouts of actually reading it)
2) I was expecting there to be an over-arching plot, similar to something like 'The Hounds of the Baskervilles'

With regards to #2, there isn't.

This, instead, hews closer to something like The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in that it is presented as a series of more-or-less standalone cases, with the final one in the collection 'His Last Bow' and with that one set in the early 1910s, just before the outbreak of World War One, and in which Holmes comes out of retirement to solve one last case.
  
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Trackie (153 KP) rated Polar (2019) in Movies

Jan 27, 2019  
Polar (2019)
Polar (2019)
2019 | Action, Crime
9
6.7 (29 Ratings)
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Lots of excitement (1 more)
A good action adult film
Polar
This is definitely not for the faint of heart. This is a brutal but fantastic film. You just can’t turn away.

If you're not a fan of gratuitous, over-the-top violence, lengthy sex scenes, and gory detail, stay away from this movie.

If such things don't bother you, or you see such things as essential in a good action movie, Polar is the film for you! Evocative of Tarantino, Charlie's Angel's, and any number of violent, Hitman-style films, Polar earns its place among the classics, with gusto.

An aging hitman on the verge of retirement, our protagonist finds himself hunted by his former employers, they get more than they bargain for.
  
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David McK (3372 KP) rated Star Wars Omnibus: X-Wing Rogue Squadron, Vol. 3 in Books

Jan 30, 2019  
Star Wars Omnibus: X-Wing Rogue Squadron, Vol. 3
Star Wars Omnibus: X-Wing Rogue Squadron, Vol. 3
Michael A. Stackpole | 2007 | Comics & Graphic Novels
6
8.0 (2 Ratings)
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The third and final of the X-Wing omnibus editions, which contains the following 5 stories:

In the Empire's Service
The Making of Baron Fel
Family Ties
Masquerade
Mandatory Retirement

Well, when I say stories it's really one story arc told over all 5, with most of that arc concerning Baron Soontir Fel who (according to one panel) Vader had his TIE prototype made in order to avoid being beaten in sims by Fel. Set before the novels, the arc also takes in Ysanne Isard's - the main villain in the X-Wing novels - rise to power, but also leaves some plot elements hanging.

This, I felt, was the best of the three omnibuses: pity it was just in time for the series to end.
  
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