RATING: ★★ When Olivia and DeAnn are recruited into a secretive organisation, they had no idea they'd accidentally find themselves on a field mission. There's Olivia, a British lawyer trying to start a family with her less than enthusiastic boyfriend. She's trying to get her happily-ever-after but it's not working. So, hoping for change, she… Continue reading Review: Chosen by O.M. Faure (The Cassandra Programme #1)
Review: Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere is an eight-part adaptation of Celeste Ng’s acclaimed novel about motherhood, produced by and starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington. Set in the late 1990s, in Shaker Heights, Ohio, an idyllic archetypal wealthy American suburb where appearance and reputation are paramount, the show follows Elena Richardson and her family and Mia Warren… Continue reading Review: Little Fires Everywhere
Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)
RATING: ★★★★ Harriet Vanger, a member of one of Sweden's wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. Her uncle still seeks to find out the truth. When Mikael Blomkvist, a journalist is seen to have a lot more time on his hands after a libel conviction, he is hired to investigate, with the added bonus… Continue reading Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)
Review: Dating Amber
RATING: ★★★★ Like most people, after being on the Normal People bandwagon, I've been searching for a cute, cliché romance story to fill the empty hole in my heart. Dating Amber did just this. Dating Amber is an Irish, coming-of-age narrative that follows two closeted teens (Amber and Eddie) who pretend to be in love… Continue reading Review: Dating Amber
Review: Da 5 Bloods
RATING: ★★★★ Spike Lee is back again with an action-packed, disjointed extremely important hit after winning his first competitive Academy Award for BlackKkKlansman and after addressing the role of African American soldiers in the second world war in Miracle at St Anna. This time, Lee takes a different approach in exploring the black experience in… Continue reading Review: Da 5 Bloods
Educating Yourself: a BlackLivesMatter Reading Guide
Within the last week, America and beyond (because yes, racism is also present in other countries like the UK) has been engaged in the BlackLivesMatter Movement, in protest, in support and in raising awareness of the systematic violence and racism that black people have faced - not just recently with George Floyd and the many… Continue reading Educating Yourself: a BlackLivesMatter Reading Guide
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. returns to screens for its seventh and final season
The official end of the Marvel Television era is close as MARVEL'S Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. premiered the first episode of its final season last night. And in true Marvel fashion, the show kicked off with a storyline that was completely unconnected to the narrative of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as the team find themselves in… Continue reading Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. returns to screens for its seventh and final season
Review: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
RATING: ★★★★★ History, huh? What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales? Red, White and Royal Blue follows two characters: Alex Claremont-Diaz, a handsome, charismatic genius who is determined to make a life in politics and Henry, an actual British prince destined for the throne. These two characters, from… Continue reading Review: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Review: Wayward Son (Simon Snow #2) by Rainbow Rowell
RATING: ★★★ The story is supposed to be over. Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the villain. He won the war. He even fell in love. Now comes the good part, right? Now comes the happily ever after... Nothings ever that easy for Simon Snow. Wayward Son follows Simon, Penny… Continue reading Review: Wayward Son (Simon Snow #2) by Rainbow Rowell
Review: Normal People
I may be a little late to the game in reviewing the new BBC/Hulu adaptation of the hit novel Normal People by Sally Rooney, having waited until I had handed in my final assignments of University. Once I was free from my degree, however, binging the show was the first thing I did. And while… Continue reading Review: Normal People
