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ClareR (6054 KP) rated The Sirens in Books

Nov 23, 2025  
The Sirens
The Sirens
Emilia Hart | 2024 | Fiction & Poetry, Mystery, Science Fiction/Fantasy
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Well, we all know by now that I like a slow burn, and The Sirens delivers on that. I enjoyed the flashbacks to the Irish sisters being transported to Australia in the 1800’s, and indeed their story prior to this - along with the reason behind the modern day timeline.

Nature, the sea and the landscape of New South Wales all play a major role in this book, and the descriptions were so evocative. As someone who has never been to Australia, I was able to imagine the setting of this story.

The relationship between the sisters is a strange one: the older sister, Jess, seems very disconnected from her younger sister, doesn’t stay in touch, and when Lucy arrives unannounced at her house, Jess isn’t there. The house is in a state, and no-one knows where she is.

I really enjoyed the 1800 timeline: the oppression of the Transportation ship, the sisters, and their ending was *chef’s kiss* (I’m not saying 🤐).

A book of male violence and manipulation, and an interesting way to deal with it! I enjoyed this, but I do think it could be a marmite book (I like marmite).
  
The Almost Sisters
The Almost Sisters
Joshilyn Jackson | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
I love all her complicated-Southern-family books, but the protagonist of this one is a woman who makes a living as a comic book artist/graphic novelist, and also has weekly board game nights
Critic- Alicia K.
Original Score: 4 out of 5

Read Review: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32600726-the-almost-sisters
  
A League of Their Own (1992)
A League of Their Own (1992)
1992 | Comedy, Drama, Family
A great heart warming film as the women set up their own baseball league. Two sisters who join from the beginning end up becoming rivals on and off the pitch. A well made film with the 3 main leads making the film what it is. Think it is loosely based on true events as well.
  
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The Craggus (360 KP) rated Ocean’s 8 (2018) in Movies

Jun 21, 2018 (Updated Jun 21, 2018)  
Ocean’s 8 (2018)
Ocean’s 8 (2018)
2018 | Comedy, Crime
Diamonds are a girl’s best friends’ best friend. Ocean’s 8 (2018) #Review
Sisters are doing it for themselves, specifically Danny Ocean’s sister Debbie (Sandra Bullock), in this affably slick but lightweight heist thriller, the fourth in the modern ‘Ocean’ series and the first not to be directed by Steven Soderbergh...

Full review: http://bit.ly/CraggusOceans8
  
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Power Play (Sweet Valley High, #4)
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Jessica is a a sociopathic nutcase and treats Robin like crap to the point where she feels the need to do something. Liz writes an article and the SVH administration DOES NOTHING.
Also, I fuind this cover ridiculously homoerotic, considering Jess and Liz are sisters=p
Still not as porny as #69, though=p
  
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
An ambitious reworking of the fairy tale "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" finds a dozen girls, whose father has hidden them from the world, sneaking out to New York's speakeasies to dance during the prohibition era. You can read my full review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2014/06/06/a-dazzling-dozen-of-speakeasy-sisters/