Tag: take it or leave it
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Me Before You
Despite knowing that Jojo Moyes wrote the screenplay—or perhaps because of it—I was disappointed in how much detail was left out of the movie. While I understand the desire to make this adaptation a light-to-medium-weight-hearted, tear-jerking chick flick that appeals to the tissue-bearing masses, by glossing over, condensing and cutting so much of the book’s content, quite a bit was…
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American Ultra
I’m a little concerned for my taste in movies. Or maybe my expectations were so low that this movie literally could not have been any worse than I thought it would be, therefore making it appear better than it actually is. I mean, it wasn’t amazing (obviously), but I didn’t hate it. In fact, it was…
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Lyrics and Poems by John K. Samson
I won’t lie, I read this strictly because my book challenge called for a book of poems. It’s not that I didn’t enjoy it—some of my favourite songs by the Weakerthans are in this book—poetry just isn’t my first love… or my second, or third. No. 15 on my challenge. It’s no coincidence that this book came…
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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
I’m just going to go ahead and accept that I tend to have lukewarm feelings for classic literature (unless it’s The Great Gatsby, which is truly great). This novel was no exception. Though I did enjoy a great many things uttered by Lord Henry: “The masses feel that drunkenness, stupidity, and immorality should be their own special property.”…
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Don’t Worry, It Gets Worse by Alida Nugent
Certainly an entertaining read, but it’s pretty much the same old song and dance as with other memoirs by funny twenty-somethings—stories about being single and jobless, having awful boyfriends and no money, finding a first apartment and struggling to buy groceries, pay the phone bill, and make student loan payments. The genre is starting to get…
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Mean Streak by Sandra Brown
Associated Press said: “Full of surprises and terrific characters, Mean Streak is one of Brown’s best novels.” I’d say the main twist was a bit far-fetched, and the ending a bit too neat, but she can definitely spin a yarn, I’ll give her that.
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Fantastic Four
More like Catastrophic Quatre, amiright?! I was ignoring the reviews because, you know, Miles Teller. I thought: How bad can it be? Especially since Jamie Bell and Kate Mara and that new Michael Jordan are in it, too. But man, it’s bad. It’s so bad. It’s not even so bad it’s good. It’s just bad.
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Frog Music by Emma Donoghue
Well, Oprah certainly enjoyed it more than I did, but I didn’t not like it. I just didn’t love it. I should have just sat down and read it in one sitting, but I don’t think I cared enough about the characters or the story to do so. All in all, though, it was a…
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The Longest Ride
Typical Nicholas Sparks: Old couple, young couple, romance, fight, romance. But I will say this: Scott Eastwood is too sexy. He should have to pay Attractive Taxes.
Being Tori 