Author: Dearbhla

1917 dir. by

I wasn’t too sure what I was going to make of this film before I saw it. War films can be very hit or miss with me, and I’d come across...

White women LOL by

Read it online at The Oprah Magazine A short story showing that racism is a whole lot more complicated than your stance on white supremacists. I found this a really interesting...

How to stop time by

This is only the third book by Haig that I’ve read, but I’ve enjoyed them all and really like his style of writing. But there is something about the way his...

Well hello

So, it’s been a while since I’ve blogged. Life has interfered. Also, I’ve been lazy. But, I have been reading and watching, just not reviewing. But here we are, the first...

Rambo: last blood dir. by

I was very doubtful about this film. The first Rambo First Blood is a classic. And for an action film it has an actual political message. But with every sequel that...

The poison song by

The Winnowing flame trilogy ; book3 If you’re into your fantasy fiction being epic, your heroes being full of humour and violence, and your bad guys out to utterly destroy the...

A brightness long ago by

It has been over ten years since I’ve read a Kay book! Or at least the last post on the blog reviewing a Kay book is more than ten years old,...

The consuming fire by

The Interdependency #2 You know, I thought I’d reviewed the first book in this series The collapsing Empire last year when I read it, but I can find no trace of...

The invasion by

Grey Lands #2 After reading The call I was happy with how the story ended. I’ll admit, I thought that certain things had come to an end, but in The Invasion...

Children of blood and bone by

Legacy of Orïsha #1 I added this book to Mount TBR back in 2018, but it took it being nominated for Not-a-Hugo-but-the-Lodestar to get me to read it. Back then Ana...