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Joelene Marie (28 KP) rated Only Human (Themis Files #3) in Books

Oct 1, 2018

Only Human (Themis Files #3)

Sylvain Neuvel | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy

7.5

(4 Ratings)

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Wow! Sylvain Neuvel has done it again! I was so excited when I was approved for this ARC because I absolutely LOVE these books and Only Human is just as magnificent as the first two. I started reading it earlier this afternoon and finished it at a little after 1am; I couldn't sleep without knowing how it ended!

I'll post a longer review closer to the release date, I need a minute to process all my thoughts on this one. Just know that it is an incredible end to an amazing trilogy!

**Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC!! All opinions are my own.**

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Dean (6927 KP) rated The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) in Movies

Nov 27, 2018

A very good second film in the trilogy. It doesn't quite reach the levels of the first, but that was an outstanding film. Where the first was a bit more dramatic in story along the lines of a whodunit? mystery, this is a bit more like an action/thriller with a conspiracy plot. Lisbeth has been set up as the main suspect in 3 murders and is on the run to prove her innocence. We find out a bit more back story to her character in this which is good to see. I can't wait to see the last one in this set of great thrillers!

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David McK (3623 KP) rated Mostly Harmless in Books

Jan 28, 2019

Mostly Harmless

Douglas Adams | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry

8.7

(3 Ratings)

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The fifth (and final) book in Douglas Adam's <i>Hitch-hikers Guide</i> 'trilogy', this is a book that I have read many feel should never have been written.

This is a lot more serious than the previous novels, with the overall tone a lot darker than before: for example (and very early on) Arthur Dent is back to wandering the universe, after having the love of his life whisked away from him while traveling through Hyperspace while, in an alternate reality, Tricia ('Trillian') McMillan regrets not going off with Zaphod Beeblebrox. I have to say, as well, the novel also ends on rather a down-beat note!

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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Wolf's Bane (Shifted Mates Trilogy #1) in Books

Jul 17, 2019

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A rhr and book 1 of shifter mates trilogy

Astrid is a fox shifter who finds herself fighting to claim her wolf mate from a black magic witch!

She becomes conflicted when her feelings for another fox shifter collide with her feelings for her wolf.

This is the second series of Crystals you I'm reading. They are shortish books and I tend to get them done in 24/48 hours.

I'm enjoying Crystal Ash Her books flow well and keep you interested. I'm left wanting not after this one I'm looking forward to seeing it develop. I like her use of different shifters. Her characters are interesting.

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JennCc (14 KP) rated The Grim Company in Books

Aug 9, 2019

The Grim Company

Luke Scull | 2013 | Science Fiction/Fantasy

7.8

(4 Ratings)

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This trilogy was a delight for me. I read a lot of fantasy sagas, so it's fairly unusual now to find something refreshingly different but these managed it.

Almost none of the characters are actually likeable, and yet it's impossible not to get drawn into the world they inhabit. There are times where you think it's collapsing into the same old stories, but the author manages to surprise far more often than not.

Really worth a read; I found them difficult to put down, and just a really enjoyable read.