Epinions Recent Reviews for sweet-indigo

An enjoyable fable on a difficult topic

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:54:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sweet-indigo - "I'm having some problems with the doctrine of Hell," I said. "You should read The Great Divorce," they replied. After being recommended this book by four separate people - an Anglican, an Evangelical, a vicar's wife and a Universalist - I...

A bore for Heidi

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:11:37 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author sweet-indigo - I really loved the book Heidi, so when this movie came onto daytime TV I thought I might as well watch it. The young Heidi, from the book of the same name by Johanna Spyri, is given a gift of the three Wise Men carved in stone. These then come to...

Annie stole my heart

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:11:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sweet-indigo - I've always been a sucker for stories about orphaned girls - the Secret Garden, Heidi, A Little Princess, Anne of Green Gables, Thursday's Child... and so I thought I'd love Annie, which I did. The first time I watched this on video, I was in tears in...

I support the flying saucers!

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:33:04 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author sweet-indigo - Earth vs. the Flying Saucers is actually wonderfully done. The special effects are really quite beautiful, especially for 1950s standards, and aliens' pseudo-science is imaginative and even semi-believable. This may be a little disappointing viewed...

Shocking book, shocking scholarship!

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:49:03 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author sweet-indigo - Three teenagers have just died in the same car crash. There's a non-Christian, Dan, a "lukewarm" Christian called Becky, and a "Red-hot" Christian called Emma. Each teenager is taken around the Last Judgment by a helpful angel, lots of Bible verses...

It's not 'all that' good

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 21:01:50 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author sweet-indigo - I finally watched 'She's all that' today. After relentlessly mocking the very idea of it, I thought it was time I saw it. I was hoping I'd hate it, and I'm pleased to announce that I do! There were, granted, some worrying moments at the beginning...

The story behind DNA

Mon, 3 Jun 2002 07:55:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sweet-indigo - Last Biology lesson of term, my teacher decides to show us a film - the story behind Watson and Crick's discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953. It was based on Watson's book, The Double Helix, apparently quite humorous in places.

I...

Give me a magic object and a bad guy... hey presto, I'm a fantasy hero!

Mon, 25 Feb 2002 16:44:52 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author sweet-indigo - If you want to read a David Eddings Book, I'd recommend strongly that you don't start with this one. It's disappointing. (I started with The Diamond Throne, and it starts at a good pace, so is probably a good place to begin Eddings type reading.)
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Shrek - fairy tale with a difference

Wed, 2 Jan 2002 10:06:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sweet-indigo - I took a glance the not recommending epinions (I have no idea why I do this, except that it interests me to see why anyone would dislike a movie I love so much!) and these are the points I picked up against Shrek - much Disney bashing, a bit rude,...

Breath-taking... at first

Sat, 21 Jul 2001 20:10:19 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author sweet-indigo - I was excited, and I was engrossed - managing to ignore that silly cyber-chick Phig (a woman of Barbie proportions and intellect to match!) and seen the first promising displays of wonder, I found myself soaring over a glorious city, seeing vast...

Up until 4am - an excellent book

Fri, 20 Jul 2001 16:32:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sweet-indigo - I am quite surprised to have just read a review of this book that referred to it as following 'the same basic plot' - I'd definitely not say so, although I suppose it is a matter of opinion!

Harry's in his fourth year, and Voldemort is of...

The little people in Narnia

Tue, 29 May 2001 14:33:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sweet-indigo - The Horse and his Boy is another great book in the Chronicles of Narnia. It's unique in all of the books in that it starts out neither in our world nor in Narnia itself, but in the southern land of Calormen, a country that roughly parallels...

Lots of very special memories

Sun, 27 May 2001 20:01:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sweet-indigo - If I ever get to be a publishing writer, I'd count myself lucky to write a book half as special as Heidi.

It's mainly set in the Swiss Alps, in a little cabin with some goats high in the mountains.

Heidi is an orphan, sent to live...

Long ago, when your grandfather was a child...

Sun, 27 May 2001 12:51:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sweet-indigo - When I read this book, it was set so long ago it was when my grandfather's grandfather was a child. I found it to be the ideal book for an empty rainy day - in fact, that is the setting of the book in the opening chapter.

It's best to...

Classic and yet not cliche

Sun, 27 May 2001 12:23:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sweet-indigo - I read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe quite late, relatively speaking, probably because I'd already seen the movie and knew the story. It's the story of four children's adventure in a wintry world through a wardrobe in an old house.
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imood: Feeling moody?

Sun, 27 May 2001 11:09:54 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author sweet-indigo - This site is, well, erm, good for indicating mood?

And that's it. Very cute, you get yourself a little indicator to stick on your site so the whole world wide web can find out how you're feeling. And you can add a personal note to elaborate on...

Another masterpiece by Dr. A

Sat, 26 May 2001 13:35:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sweet-indigo - Having just finished The Naked Sun, and having already read Robots and Empire (the fourth book in the series) I was anxious to find out the basis of the story and also hungry for more of Baley's adventures. All of the other robot novels...

We seek him here...

Wed, 23 May 2001 18:13:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sweet-indigo - I LOVE this book. It rocks beyond belief. It runs fluidly, taking us from France in the height of Revolution to a vivid tavern in England where spies and aristocrats alike discuss the times.

We follow the French Lady Marguerite Blakeney...

A completely different world

Sun, 20 May 2001 19:39:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sweet-indigo - I opened this book on the bus one day. I had to read it for Literature, you see, so I wanted to make a head start. And it was amazing! I was plunged into a completely foreign world. I am English, town-dwelling, middle class, mainlander, and...