The Portrait of A Lady

 The Portrait of A Lady  it took me so long to read this. Sometimes reader/writer chemistry is just not there. In theory I must love Henry James. I like his prose, his stories are interesting, a decent person vs. a despicable villain is something I like. I like period novels. However for some reason I do not like to read Henry James. This is the third novel I attempted to read. I liked Washington Square and DNFed The Golden Bowl and this one I have finished out of pure stubbornness. Everything is good but I can't get that flow you know. 

Also this edition (a Turkish edition) has problems. The font is too big so the novel is 750 pages (not that the page count is relevant as far as I'm concerned) and it was distracting to read a font larger than any I'm used to in a paperback. In addition to that, there were a lot of typos but again these have not affected my core reading pleasure (or non pleasure in this case) they were just additional annoyances. 

Three stars but I did not enjoy it. 

His House

 

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His House is decent film. The scariest part of the story is what the refugees have to go through. The cast is all good but my fave is the female lead, Ms. Wunmi Mosaku. 

Bir Başkadır

 

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Bir Başkadır  melodram olarak fena değildi ancak Yiğit Karaahmet'in eleştirilerine katılıyorum www.ekranella.com

The Crown Season 4

 

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The Crown Season Four affected me just as I expected having been a child when Diana and Charles got married (and having actually watched the wedding on a black and white tv with a lot of people at a small Turkish summer tourist town).  I love Diana, God rest her soul in peace, always had and I have cried many times during some of the episodes. Looking forward to Season 5.

The Stranger You Know

 

The Stranger You Know  it is surprising but I enjoyed this one more than I thought I would. Rather than the mystery itself I liked the main character and her thoughts and interactions with the people around her. There is a certain, well integrated romance aspect to it that delighted me. This is not the first novel in the series but I enjoyed it just fine and hope to continue further. 

Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim (Season 2)

 

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Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim Season 2 is not as good as season one (which was much better written). However I kind of got into it halfway through and finished in tears (as expected). I'm a medical drama lover and I liked the male lead Ahn Hyo Seop (of course by that I mean the male lead other than the titular Doctor who once again is excellently portrayed by Han Suk Kyu)

Raze

 

Raze  it did not work for me. I just was not able to suspend the disbelief and the characters and their actions made no sense to me. 

Web of Eyes

 

Web of Eyes   well it was not for me. Maybe more suitable to a young reader who is not very familiar with this type of fantasy. 

The audiobook is one of the few that made me want to check out a higher speed than 1 (I didn't) not because of the reader who was really trying but direction choices. This made me appreciate better directed productions. 

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

 

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer   I remember liking this show years ago and when I got the chance to watch it again I started and it immediately consumed me until I finished all 7 seasons. I like it even more now that I'm old. Almost perfect. 

The Weight of Ink

 

The Weight of Ink is a good novel and I liked it. I think it is better suited to be read at another medium than audio if possible. Nothing to do with the performance of the reader which was very good. However I thought I would get more out of it with a regular reading.

The Perfect Rake

 

The Perfect Rake turned out to be very entertaining. Not many intimate scenes. 

The Night Stalker

 

The Night Stalker is good. Not much character detail but lots of action, short chapters and the pace does not slack. I liked it better than the first novel. 

Stardust

 

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Stardust  is actually very entertaining (to me). The cast is very good, the events interesting and I had a ball with it. 

The Red Hunter

 

The Red Hunter is just not my tyoe of novel. It was not the plot holes but rather the Karenish attitude at some places.