Categorie: american writers
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Als wij schurken waren
https://www.rainbow.nl/boek/3011/m-l-rio-als-wij-schurken-waren.html Review: Oliver Marks heeft tien jaar in de gevangenis gezeten en komt eindelijk vrij. Hij wordt op de dag van zijn vrijlating opgewacht door de detective, Colborne, die hem destijds heeft opgesloten. Deze nadert zijn pensioen en wil nu eindelijk weten wat er écht gebeurd is waardoor Oliver in de gevangenis is terechtgekomen. Tien…
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Muizen en Mensen
https://www.standaarduitgeverij.be/product/muizen-en-mensen-9789002270338/ Review: George en Lennie zijn twee vrijbuiters die leven van de jobs die ze op ranches kunnen vinden. Beiden zijn ze niet de snuggersten maar Lennie heeft toch een grotere mentale achterstand. En toch blijven de twee samen en zorgt George ervoor dat Lennie niet (al te veel) in de problemen komt. En als…
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Robert Hunter 6. An evil Mind
Review: Robert Hunter has had some vicious and really bad adversaries to compete with. But in this sixth novel in the series his nemesis is by far the worst so far and it is more personal than it has ever been before. A freak accident reveals a gruesome discovery in the trunk of a car…
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Daêvabad 3. Het Gouden Rijk (Limited Edition)
https://www.boekerij.nl/producten/het-gouden-rijk-9789022594728 Review: Dit wordt een van de moeilijkste reviews om schrijven. Deels omdat het een gigantisch boek is in een al even gigantische fantasyreeks van drie almaar dikker wordende boeken… Maar ook net omdat het een fantasy boek is. Het gekke is, ik heb enorm genoten van deze boeken hoewel het genre niet mijn meest…
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Mission: Impossible Movie Marathon: Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Part 1 (2023)
Review: The latest in the Mission: Impossible series, again with Tom Cruise as the main character Ethan Hunt and some recurring characters such as Ilsa Faust, Luther and Benji and 27 years after the first M:I movie Henry Czerny is back as well, playing his role as Kittridge again. Newcomers are Pom Klementieff as a…
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Mission: Impossible Movie Marathon: Mission: Impossible Fallout (2018)
Review: The second Mission: Impossible movie directed by Christopher Mcquarrie and the first one with music by Lorne Balfe. This is a direct sequel to Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation ànd Mission: Impossible III. It is also the longest M:I movie in the series so far with 2,5hrs approx… After the IMF has been reinstated (with…
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Mission: Impossible Movie Marathon: Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation (2015)
Review: Ethan Hunt (still played by Tom Cruise) needs to stop a rogue organisation called The Syndicate, who is responsible for a lot of mayhem and suffering in the world. Missing airplanes, bombings, gas attacks and so much more… At the same time a committee has disbanded the IMF and Brandt has to do everything…
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Pretty Girls
Review: Twenty years ago Julia disappeared, leaving behind her two younger sisters Claire and Lydia. Lydia found her escape in drugs and abuse while Claire married Paul Scott with whom she has a happy life. But to that life comes an end when, after a night out to celebrate Claire’s release from an electronic ankle…
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The Library Trilogy book one: The Book that wouldn’t burn
https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/the-book-that-wouldnt-burn-the-library-trilogy-book-1-mark-lawrence?variant=40284037709902 Review: This book was read in a buddy read with Paramowgli (Instagram) and is a bit out of my comfort zone, as it is a Fantasy novel. I do like to read one on occasion so it certainly isn’t a punishment but it always needs some ‘getting into’ the story before it takes off…
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Stephen King Movie Marathon: Salem’s Lot (1979)
Plot: (from IMDB) The successful writer Benjamin “Ben” Mears returns to his hometown Salem’s Lot, Maine, expecting to write a new novel about the Marsten House. Ben believes that the manor is an evil house that attracts evil men since the place has many tragic stories and Ben saw a ghostly creature inside the house…
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