His Dark Materials: Including All Three Novels: Northern Light, the Subtle Knife and the Amber Spyglass
Philip Pullman and Lucy Hughes-Hallett
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"Northern Lights" introduces Lyra, an orphan, who lives in a parallel universe in which science,...
My Name is Red
Orhan Pamuk and Erdag M. Goknar
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The Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and the Ottoman Empire, to...
Days Missing: Kestus: Volume 2
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Days Missing: Kestus continues the saga that Warren Ellis describes as "...greatly entertaining...
Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
8.3
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Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) has...
Daylight (1996)
6.5
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Brace yourself for nonstop action and suspense! Sylvester Stallone races against time to lead a...
Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (1995)
6.8
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A mysterious drifter known as Brayker (William Sadler) possesses the last of seven ancient keys that...
Oh my word. What an absolutely corker of a read this is. I know it's a cliché, but this really is page-turning and difficult to put down. It starts quite serenely but the sense of dread creeps up on you just as it does to Mina.
There aren't enough superlatives to describe this book, just know that it's everything you would want in a thriller. Excellent characters, relentless pacing, claustrophobic, nail-biting, gripping, tense, thrilling and that's just what's happening on the flight; I won't even start to go into what's going on at home!
As you have probably guessed, I thoroughly enjoyed this and would recommend to anyone who .... well anyone really!
Thanks must be given to Little, Brown Book Group and NetGalley for my copy in return for an unbiased and unedited review.
Ross (3284 KP) rated Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun in Books
Aug 19, 2019
It has been a number of years since I watched Pan's Labyrinth, but remember it as being a dark, twisted fairy tale set during the second world war. The book keeps that feel, we are introduced to Ofelia, a quiet bookish young girl who is moving with her mother to live with her stepfather, as he tries to break a group of Spanish rebels, ahead of the birth of her half-brother.
Ofelia sees some unusual statues and artefacts in the woods and soon meets the Faun, who sets her a mission to return to take her place as the princess of the Underground Kingdom.
There follows a brilliant mix of Ofelia's real life, the despicable exploits of Franco's army, and the fairy tale world she steps into.
This is a very short, immersive fairy tale with lots of nice side-stories that all weave into the book in some form.
Secret Agent Rescue Mission 3D – Asylum Escape
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Live life of Agent Maxximus. Save hostages from hijacked hospitals and eliminate reckless terrorists...