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Watchman (19 KP) rated Beast (2017) in Movies

Jan 9, 2019 (Updated Feb 15, 2019)

Beast (2017)

2017 | Thriller

6.8

(5 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Outstanding acting (1 more)

Unpredictable

May be too bleak for some (0 more)

A chilling fairytale

A girl with a dark past, the black sheep of the family with a perfect sister, a strict, overbearing mother and an ill father, starts a red-blooded affair with a local boy, an enigma with history of run ins with the law.... and now a suspect in the worst of crimes.
Set in the gorgeously filmed isle of Jersey, Michael Pearce has directed on his debut a real nail biter. This take on the search for a serial killer of young girls, intertwined with a forbidden love story is an uncomfortable, disturbing watch at times.... but hypnotic. And newcomer Jessie Buckley is mesmerising, its hard to take your eyes off her.
Brilliant script, plot, pacing and ominous soundtrack.
A must watch for any fan of dark psychological thrillers.

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Kirsten Myra Edwards (303 KP) rated Elizabeth is Missing in Books

Feb 2, 2020

Elizabeth is Missing

Emma Healey | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry

8.1

(8 Ratings)

Book Rating

Love love

Contains spoilers, click to show

I found this book fascinating throughout. The story line kept you gripped. You really feel for Maud throughout the book as she is really trying to fix all the pieces together from her past and present. The past story with Sukey has a predicable outcome but you never find out how it all happened. That's the only bit I felt could be predicted but the present story line with Elizabeth varies right to the last minute.

You really feel for Maud at the end because she has helped solve the mystery of her missing sister due to her memory she is unaware she finally has the answers she has been looking for.

Overall I loved the book. But I have so many different questions but we will stay as blissfully unaware as Maud is at the end of the book.