Advantages: ????? I didn't have to pay for it. Disadvantages: errors
I'm always a bit sceptical of books that get hyped a lot and this was no exception. So rather than buy the thing I decided I would read it in stages in bookshops. To be honest I am glad I didn't buy it.
It never ceases to amaze me that historians can get such basics facts wrong about their nearest neighbours and still be lauded.
When I read through this book I of course looked at the maps. I was fascinated to discover the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms that the Vikings had attacked and ransacked. Some of them were apparently in Ireland.
This was the first I had heard of this. The reason being that it isn't true. There weren't Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in Ireland Simon. The first colonies set up by the English were courtesy of the Normans. While they may have been descended from the Vikings, thus giving a tenuous link to this error, there ...
Advantages: A Stunningly good author Disadvantages: None
My wife read it and said: "You should read this book (Neverland) by Simon Crump, it's got a very black sense of humour. You'll enjoy it."
So I did. It was. I did.
Neverland by Simon Crump. It's a very novel Novel. Is it a collection of interlinked short stories, as some people believe? Yes. Well, no. Not, quite. It's more a collection of interlinked ideas, instead.
By the way, the dead hamster unicorn featured in the novel? I'm not entirely certainly it was. Dead, that is.
Simon Crump takes several different ideas and places them in a very unique and out of place context. You can imagine Michael Jackson and Uri Geller together. (They are or rather, were friends in real life) You can imagine them being in a shopping mall. You can imagine them having an argument. But then place them and their argument (and the stunning consequences ...
Martinscholes 07.09.2009
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Advantages: Big blockbuster with superb action, great performances and clever storyline Disadvantages: None
review, hope you dont mind! What a quality few lessons they were watching the Die Hard films and discussing it. Now that is what college should be about!!
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The story is set 8 years after the Nakatomi incident and a peaceful New York morning is shattered as a bomb goes off in a department store causing havoc amongst the public and police. A person called Simon calls the NYPD and take responsibility for the explosion, advising that he was looking to get the attention of a certain Lt John McClane. McClane recovering from a hangover looks the shadow of the man he used to be and is currently on suspension from work so the reason why he is so sought after is a mystery to the department. Never the less, he is called upon to play 'SimonSays' in an attempt to stop further bombings. While at the request of Simon, McClane is ordered to walk ...
