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It looks like we have a new 2016 Ghostbusters or Star Wars: The Last Jedi on our hands for 2020; a critically acclaimed movie with a lynch mob and an endless discussion behind it. Back in March, the star of this movie said she stood by Hong Kong police who were caught tear-gassing citizens and... Continue Reading →
Here's how I put it: The Big Short, an amazing movie but one that takes repeated viewings to understand the way it needs you to, is easier to comprehend than this. Both of these movies require you to be fully awake and ready to nonetheless get lost, something most movies don't aim for in fear... Continue Reading →
Cale Dietrich's first book, The Love Interest, was a wonderful surprise, a romance-thriller where every second counted. Its delicious pacing made it so I didn't mind it was a standalone, because it satisfied in every way I was hoping for and more. I've read it twice. I feel we should get that out of the... Continue Reading →
When 2015 started (my goodness, has it been so long since then), I made a YouTube video in anticipation of if Sponge out of Water would be good or bad. I had high hopes for it, but it turned into a massive disappointment. But apparently not for many others. I want to watch the new... Continue Reading →
It's official. Tahereh Mafi has finally really impressed me. I've enjoyed a fair bit of her books (Shatter Me, Defy Me, A Very Large Expanse of Sea) but there was always something preventing me from singing full praise, and now here we are, with a cover that uses a dark-gray colour for the background almost... Continue Reading →
When I stumbled onto an excerpt of this book in January, I could not wait for it. I like politics, gay love stories and interracial love stories and this had all three with a twist making it all more extreme; the son of the Republican nominee for President of the United States and the son... Continue Reading →
Pretty much everyone in my earlier family has read this book. My parents and uncle all read it in high school and my grandparents tried it out once. The novel was probably too young at that time to be decided on any curriculum. And in my family, we all have very different tastes in general... Continue Reading →
This rating I'm giving Greenwood stems from my desire to give two different grades to this book if I could. I would give this book three and a half stars out of four for readers who like deep, spiritual books with plots that stay in your thoughts for a long time. But I would also... Continue Reading →
I've come to realize there are two methods of storytelling pretty much all forms of entertainment go for - Rough or Easy. There's a middle between them, but basically, Rough is where the writers take chances with their material which can cause deep thought, anger, or amazement. Easy is where the story plays it safe... Continue Reading →
In the six years I've been reading books, there's nothing out there I've come across like Shatter Me. Storywise there are similar ones that come to mind, and in the future, there probably will be situation-wise. But I'm going to be checking out the (supposed) final book very soon, Imagine Me, and my expectations are... Continue Reading →
William J. McGinn 