Brooke Le Breton
Stories (3/0)
Little Women (2019) Film Review
Greta Gerwig’s 2019 adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women is nothing short of excellent. Known for the success of her original film Lady Bird (2017), Gerwig wrote and directed the adaptation of the childhood classic with a star-studded cast including Saoirse Ronan, Timothée Chalamet, Emma Watson and Meryl Streep (absolute queen). With such an incredible cast and talented writer/director, I shouldn’t have been surprised at the brilliance of Little Women, and yet it still blew me away.
By Brooke Le Breton4 years ago in Geeks
Places I’ve Cried at University
Your first cry at university is like a rite of passage. It is an inevitable occurrence that sets you up for a minimum of 3 years of crying in various locations. I was a particularly mobile crier in first year and I am proud to say I ticked off various key locations. From my dorm room to the toilets of grotty night club, I have shed many tears that mark some of my most memorable moments of first year.
By Brooke Le Breton4 years ago in Education
Reading in a Pandemic
So, we are all well aware by now that the world is not doing too well. Things aren’t great to say the least. We are living in an anxiety fuelled time, which doesn’t make creativity or concentrating particularly easy. Lots of people have been expressing their struggles with reading over the past few weeks, and I really relate. Studying English Literature as my degree means I couldn’t afford to stop reading completely, so I have had to come up with strategies to keep myself absorbing the words. Today, I want to share some of these tips in the hopes that maybe it will help a few people get reading again!
By Brooke Le Breton4 years ago in Geeks