Manga Classics: The Count of Monte Cristo
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A Conspiracy and a miscarriage of justice turn the gentle Edmond Dantès into an implacable agent of...
Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago.... Vol. 3
7.5
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Stories from the classic era of the original Star Wars films! Return to the great adventures of your...
Twilight (Twilight, #1)
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About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a...
Legacies (BBS #4)
Deborah Dorchak and Wendi Kelly
10.0
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Legacies. We create them with our lives. They tie us to the past and future, and sometimes, they are...
Adult Paranormal Action and Adventure Family Saga
Phil Leader (619 KP) rated The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2) in Books
Nov 27, 2019
This book carries on with the darker tone that The Fellowship Of The Ring developed as it went on though with Tolkien's grasp of narrative, story and saga it is always an engrossing read. More if Middle Earth is explored, from the horror of the Dead Marshes to the rolling plains of Rohan. Tolkien also keeps the twists coming, from alliances forged by desperation to unexpected allies.
This also features the first full scale battle of the saga - Helm's Deep. A desperate defence that in so many ways is the template for all the battles that have come after in fantasy books, a breathless and intense part of the story that really evokes the sense of grim determination in the combatants.
As with the whole of the trilogy, for something that is very much the genesis of a whole style of story telling there is so much that is complete, and still with that sense of massive depth of history that many of its imitators lack.
Barry Newman (204 KP) rated Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019) in Movies
Jan 11, 2020
Erika (17788 KP) rated Outlaw King (2018) in Movies
Nov 25, 2018
The accents were all over the place, which was slightly annoying. The acting was good, for the most part. Also, for all of the big hype over the full-frontal nudity... It was a weird thing to hype, and a weird time in the film to place it.
Bubba Gee (147 KP) rated the PlayStation 3 version of Assassin's Creed 2 in Video Games
Jun 19, 2019
They really stepped it up in terms of gameplay and story, this game felt so immersive.
Almost as if you were in renaissance Italy.
From the start in Florence to the middle part in Monteriggioni to the final part in Rome this game just draws you in.
Lots of interesting history to pick up as well from the Pazzi to the Borgias, and of course the interesting interjections from Leonardo da Vinci.
Requiescat in pace Ezio Auditore da Firenze.
Otway93 (567 KP) rated Resident Evil (2002) in Movies
Oct 21, 2019
The film is loosely based on the first Resident Evil game, starting in the notorious mansion (albeit for about 5 minutes) before moving to the underground Umbrella facility, the site of the "incident", and carrying on in the traditional "investigation gone wrong" style, with lots of zombies, dogs and not much else.
The film is a fun action film that can be considered as an mediocre standalone movie, or a good start to a 15 year franchise.
Otway93 (567 KP) rated Star Wars: Master & Apprentice in Books
Dec 2, 2019
A pretty poor attempt at a Star Wars story, especially as it's considered canon.
This may be the second earliest installment in the Star Wars canon, but it fails to add anything to the saga, apart from we find out that Count Dooku was Qui-Gon Jin's master.
The story is mainly based around an adventure featuring Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan involving something about a princess and some jewel thieves...pretty uninspiring characters in terms of originality.