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Dean (6925 KP) rated The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018) in Movies

Nov 26, 2018 (Updated Nov 26, 2018)

The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)

2018 | Crime, Drama, Thriller

6.2

(27 Ratings)

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Not as good as the other films in the series (0 more)

Hmm

I was looking forward to this after having watched and enjoyed the original Swedish Girl with the Dragon tattoo series of films. Even the US remake of the original was very good because the story was just very interesting.
This feels very different. From the Bond like opening credits and plot about a programme that can hack any nuclear missile world wide. It's very broad in scope... Without actually having a big plot feel to it. It's not a bad film, it's an ok Thriller. After the high standards set by the other films though this is a step down. Check out the the Swedish ones if you haven't seen them.

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Vegas (725 KP) rated Kamikaze by Eminem in Music

Dec 17, 2018

Kamikaze by Eminem

2018 | Rap

9.0

(14 Ratings)

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Eminems vocal skill. (1 more)

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Lack of a song with a musical chorus, ie with Rihanna or Dido. (0 more)

Getting back to form

Eminem is getting back to form with this release, it's not up to his early standards but is getting close, the quality, speed and vocal dexterity of his rapping has never been in question but the material hasn't always been the best. This is an improvement.

The one thing it does lack is a song with a musical chorus to break up the rap - he has done this well with Dido and Rihanna in the past and something like this would have been a big plus...

Definately an album that has a replay factor, and not a one listen and put away disc.

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David McK (3372 KP) rated Lion in the Valley (Amelia Peabody, #4) in Books

Jan 30, 2019

The fourth of Elizabeth Peter's Amelia Peabody series of books, this again sees the Victorian archaeologist return to Egypt, in the company of her husband and precocious son.

As before, they are then caught up in a mystery surrounding a murder as well as the usual romantic entanglements for these novels. This also sees the return of the 'Master Criminal' from the previous books, who is both named (obviously not his real name) and looks like becoming a recurring character in the series as a whole.

I found this to be a diverting enough read, but not up to the standards of the first novel, perhaps due to the fact that I am now familiar with the type of story it is.

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David McK (3372 KP) rated Hexed (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #2) in Books

Jan 30, 2019

The second book in Kevin Hearne's 'The Iron Druid' series which, I have to say, I actually preferred over the first.

This might be because, I feel, that Hearne is beginning to find his feet more, with the series beginning to get its own distinct style rather than the very Dresden-ish feeling I got from [b:Hounded|18404329|Hounded|David Rosenfelt|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1382758931s/18404329.jpg|26038191].

I also like the glimpses back into Atticus's history, and the plot strands left for future entries, with his world (as a whole) now beginning to develop further.

While still not (yet) up to Dresden standards, this is beginning to get there: I think I will read a few more of these :)