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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated The Beast Side: Living (and Dying) While Black in America in Books
Oct 26, 2017
What helps the arguments in Watkins's essays hit home are the sobering and enlightening slices of life and characters he weaves throughout. By the end, you're left with an advanced understanding of this man's love for the community that formed him, and how neighbourhoods such as East Baltimore fit into the national debate for social change. A must for those who care about social equality.
Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated My Sister's Bones in Books
Sep 7, 2017
The genre has become predictable. There are three elements to look out for in these books:
1. Neurotic women are usually right
2. Nice men are psychopaths
3. The women won't be believed by authorities until the very end
And so goes this tale of two sisters, one who became a war correspondent suffering from post-traumatic stress, and the other an alcoholic - both abused as children. One's high functioning, the other is a deadbeat mother. In between are the stories of mysterious children appearing here, there and everywhere. And the women not being believed.
The writer attempts to make a difference by bringing in stories of the horrors of the Middle East, which was a nice change - but it seemed more like a tool to follow exactly the pattern. It seemed promising but it falls short.
Haley Mathiot (9 KP) rated The Yellow Hummer in Books
Apr 27, 2018
The Yellow Hummer is a Christmas story about a little boy named Jordan who gets a yellow Hummer with a remote control from Santa. His grandma helps him open it, but the wire gets cut and Jordan is upset that his toy won't work the way it's supposed to. He is upset for a while, but then forgives his grandma because even though it doesn't work the way it was made to work, the hummer isn't broken, and he loves his grandma more than his toy. The Yellow Hummer strives to show that people are more important than things.
The Yellow Hummer had nice illustrations, though they weren't fantastic, and was written pretty well. There are some pretty big words, like atmosphere and successfully and troublesome, as if the writer is trying to introduce some bigger words into children's literature and daily vocabulary. There isn't too much text on one page that you'd loose a kid's attention, either.
Recommendation: Ages 4-7
Jennifer Daniell (108 KP) rated A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea in Books
Apr 10, 2018
I do have to say that the author did Doaa somewhat of an injustice by being the one to tell her tale. I don't know why, but there seemed to be such a disconnect from the writer to the story, it felt very...matter of fact. Perhaps because of the language barrier or maybe because the author isn't an author by trade. Whatever it is, I suppose, is of little relevance as long as Doaa's story is heard, and because in the end their meeting led to the reuniting of a deserving family; safe, if not sound.
Awix (3310 KP) rated The Wicker Tree (2012) in Movies
Apr 30, 2019
Any follow-up to The Wicker Man has a lot to live up to, and the good fortune of Wicker Tree is that it was preceded by the Nic Cage remake ('a ****-up', according to Hardy). It's better than the remake, but by any other standard this is a blunderingly crass and unsubtle semi-remake of the 1973 film, filled with painfully broad humour, gaping plot holes and a cheery anti-Americanism it's difficult to get on-side with. A huge disappointment in all kinds of ways, but Robin Hardy was a true gent.