Well I guess the title isn't off to a great start. The Golden Compass, probably aimed to be a one-off film rather than kick-start Pullman's Trilogy seems to fall quite flat on its face if you've read the book. It's a film that could have been hugely successful... if it was three hours long. There... Continue Reading →
As promised, I shall be posting weekly on my blog just to keep it ticking over nicely. Today I will be reviewing the first part of Philip Pullman's His Dark Material novels; Northern Lights! This is a book I've always wanted to read and for some reason, I never had the opportunity, so I was... Continue Reading →
If you were expecting a nice children's animated film about pigs and animals on an English farm. You thought wrong. Animal Farm's 1954 classic barely strayed away from Orwell's dark and politically intense novel and the animators made it very easy for young children to become aware of the certain aspects of an undemocratic government.... Continue Reading →
OMG! It's been so long since I've done a good book review and comparing them to a film. Animal Farm is by no means a classic. Many people will have studied it at school. Unfortunately, I was never taught it at school, but I knew that the Pigs were bad and it was symbolic of... Continue Reading →
Hi Biscuit Breakers, Well, you're in for a round up of not one, not two, but all six of the children's fantasy series of 'The School for Good and Evil'. (or SGE as I will refer because it takes too long to type...) Written by Soman Chainani, these books follow two young girls from a... Continue Reading →
Hi Biscuit Breakers! Now that we've established the wonderful book that is Catching Fire, we move onto the pretty decent film adaptation of it. Yes, they left out some parts, but most importantly it did strike true to the book! The film, like with the book, follows Katniss in her new home in Victors Village.... Continue Reading →
Hi Biscuit Breakers! It's been an age since I've done any book and film review comparisons, so I thought I'd start up again with Suzanne Collin's The Hunger Games trilogy. It's probably nearly a year ago since I did the reviews to the first book/film of the franchise. To read the book review, click here... Continue Reading →
First things first. The rich descriptions really sucked me into this book. Right from the start. But the ending... I was so disappointed. I know this is a classic, but we can't love them all. War of the Worlds is considered to be one of the first explicit science fiction novel. Previous novels such as... Continue Reading →
So many people praise this book and believe it to be one of the greatest pieces of literature that exists from the 20th Century. I can see why. After just finishing this book, especially under these current events that's going on in America. I can't believe this amount of racism and Prejudice still exists and... Continue Reading →
Now it's not often that I finish a book and feel slightly... well underwhelmed. Zadie Smith is a powerhouse of an author who has published many books concerning race, gender, identity and living in a modern world. She is highly successful for her books such as White Teeth and On Beauty, so top creds to... Continue Reading →
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