The latest hit series is giving me whiplash.
One minute it's a tear-jerking exposition on grief. The next, it's painfully overdone youthful banter.
Clearly, Gen Z is yet to graduate from mere caricatures on screen. But isn't the hallmark of adolescence inescapable awkwardness? Is that why I can't look away?
About the Creator
Erin Shea
New Englander
Grad Student
Living with Lupus and POTS
Instagram: @somebookishrambles
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Outstanding
Excellent work. Looking forward to reading more!
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Excellent storytelling
Original narrative & well developed characters
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The story invoked strong personal emotions
Hey You Guys!!!!
Who remembers learning about phonics on a children's show known as 'The Electric Company"? Back in the seventies on PBS there was an educational show by this name that had famous actors like Rita Moreno and Morgan Freeman and a few others too. This was a show that taught us the rules of phonics and sounding out letters and words. There were fun skits live and animated throughout the show showing and telling each skill. There were lessons on blends as well as on hard and soft sounds. This show made learning to read fun. This was one show that I watched, I believe made me a reader for life for just see for now I am a book reviewer.
By Mark Grahama day ago in Critique
Two Wrinkles In Time
It is pointless to run, my darling, because sixty seconds ago, I will kill you. My blade will have sliced reality open right in front of you. It will have first pierced it as it would a bed sheet left hanging to dry, flapping in the wind on a Sunday afternoon. But the metal will have drawn a line in the air that the ghostly tear will have followed. Then I, La Dyablès, machete firmly in hand, will have emerged from what your mind, at the time, could only interpret as the other side of here—whatever that means to you. I know. I have seen that look on the faces of countless unlucky… clients. You will not have been the first nor the last to try and reneg on a riches for soul contract only to present this visage to me when I come to collect.
By Lily Séjor5 days ago in Fiction
Comments (3)
I've not watched this show but I've read all 3 books. I did find it to be kinda cringy at times but the love triangle broke my heart. Excellent review!
I hadn't heard of this show, and honestly, it doesn't sound like my cup of tea, but your review is fabulous, clever, and punchy. Loved it, well done!
The awkwardness never left me. I am still cringe, but maybe I’ve accepted my cringe self a little more over the years. Maybe it’s all cringe. LOL I don’t know. Enjoyed your review 😊