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Whimsically Equine (Tim the Tiny Horse - Harry Hill) Advantages: funny and gentle Disadvantages: slight ...make an attempt at reviewing Tim as a stand-alone. I am happy to say that it acquits itself well. Tim is a horse, blue and so tiny that he lives in matchbox with a tic-tac box for a conservatory. A single Hoola-Hoop makes his lunch (he prefers barbecue beef flavour) and a fly (called Fly) is his best friend. Tim doesn't do much - apart from a few not very successful attempts at making it big in the media he seems to spend his days watching television ... ...necessary for enjoyment. For example, Tim has a bit of obsession with a newsreader called Anna Ford: I don't have a television so I am not familiar with Ms Ford (I checked and she's real and not a character in Tim's milieu), but I can still appreciate Tim's heartache. There is a wealth of astute observations of our modern lives in Tim's adventures and some of them brought tears of recognition to my eyes. I particularly enjoyed Tim's foray into the ... magdadh 20.05.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Tim the Tiny Horse - Harry Hill	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
Does my second head make me a deviant? Advantages: Thoughtful, intelligent sci-fi... Disadvantages: ... some occasionally long-winded speeches The Chsysalids by John Wyndham is a post-apolaclyptic vision of a world where people are obsessed with conformity to the norm, or in their words, "the image of God". Anyone who does not conform to this image becomes an outcast, and the women who are categorised as Deviants are sterilised before being sent off. The "image of God" has 2 arms, 2 legs, 2 eyes, 1 nose, 5 digits at the end of eat hand and foot… etc. You get the idea. The narrator of this ... ...is, so is safe from the religious-minded people around him, chief of whom is his father. Not so lucky is a girl he meets who has a physical deviation, and this causes him to wonder whether it really is the will of God being done by the zealots here… As David realises the danger his special talents wrought from his differences could cause, and becomes aware of others with the same talents, he is drawn instinctively away from his family. He knows that ... CaptainDisaster 31.08.2005 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of The Chrysalids - John Wyndham	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
A brilliant prequel to the Halo game series! Advantages: Great characters, and an exciting read Disadvantages: None, it rocks! ...let alone read! Halo: The Fall of Reach is a prequel to the game Halo, telling the story of Master Chief before and during his time with the UNSC. It also introduces new and old characters (such as Cortana and Captain Jacob Keyes), and spans from events in 2517 up til 2552 (when the events of Halo Combat evolved begin). An interesting read and creating an exciting and informative background to the Master Chief's life and the beginning of his Military ... VeonIllino 19.04.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Halo: The Fall Of Reach - Eric Nylund	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
Left Behind - LaHaye & Jenkins Advantages: Can't put it down - grips you from the start Disadvantages: none Left Behind is actually a series of 12 books entitled the Left Behind Series. The final book was out for sale in May last year with the first book being published in 1995. The books are fictional series based on certain facts from the bible regarding events of the 'end times'. Anyone beleiving in Christ and the truth of the Bible beleives that one day they will leave this earth and join him in heaven 'in a twinkling of an eye' (from the Bible) leaving ... ...himself and daughter, Chloe are left behind. Rayford discovers people missing on his flight in mid-air and upon landing witnesses devastation as vehicles became suddenly unmanned and people are terror stricken as loved ones vanish before their eyes. Chloe Steele is in her early twenty's and at University in another City. Upon the disappearances, she manages to get hom amidst the devastation to find out if her family are still on earth. Cameron ... Deetzyb 24.01.2005 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Left Behind - Jerry Jenkins, Tim LaHaye	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
The Triffids are Coming Advantages: Tense, atmospheric, compellingly written Disadvantages: Dialogue feels slightly stuffy in places ...Wyndham's 1951 novel 'Day of The Triffids', main protagonist Bill Masen awakes in a London hospital to find that his eyes are heavily bandaged and nobody appears to be around to attend to him. Tentatively removing his bandages and discovering that he is still able to see, Masen quickly discovers that the hospital is deserted and some terrible catastrophe appears to have occured, with the city in a state of abject chaos. Everyone appears to be blind, ... ...the numerous pubs throughout the city, whist others cling to one another in an attempt to find food and somehow remain alive. Masen remembers the radio reports about strange cosmic phenomena in the sky that played out during the weeks he was incapacitated in the hospital, and it soon becomes apparent that watching these weird lights in the sky has somehow caused 99% of the worlds population to go completely blind. This is not all that humanity suddenly ... Burning_Darkness 02.07.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...