Six Crows (book)
This is a fantasy novel that follows a thieving crew in the city of Ketterdam, a bustling hub for international trade where anything can be had for the right price. This crew is attempting to pull off an impossible heist when the leader of the crew, Kaz Brekke, is offered a ridiculous amount of money if he is able to do it.
There is no reason for you not to read this book, the plot is incredible, all the characters are amazing (literally no exceptions), the relationships between the characters, especially the romances are spectacular. Everything about this book is unbelievably good. Another positive aspect is that the characters are morally grey, so you can truly empathize with them because they feel like real people, not superheroes. Besides, the world that the author created is phenomenal, and all the clever plotting and mind games made the book even better.
If this hasn’t caught your attention then nothing will, I promise you will not be able to put it down.
This Savage Song (book)
This savage song is a dark urban fantasy that follows Kate Harker and August Flynn, the heirs to a divided city overrun with violence and actual monsters. Kate wants to be as ruthless as her father, who lets the monsters roam free making the humans pay for protection. All August wants is to be as good-hearted as his own father, to protect the innocent, except he is a monster. He can steal a soul with a simple strain of music. He is assigned to keep an eye on Kate since she has been kicked out of six boarding schools already. However Kate discovers his secret, and after a failed assassination attempt the pair must flee for their lives. They must choose whether to become heroes or villains—and friends or enemies—with the future of their home at stake.
This is a beautifully written book with a very unique world and fantasy system. It also adds that it’s written from two perspectives so it shows the two sides of the situation and how there are two sides to every story. It is a very emotive and interesting story that deals with overcoming prejudice from being born.
Whiplash (movie)
Andrew Neiman, a young jazz drummer, enrolls in an elite music conservatory to become better and rise to the top. But he is mentored by Terence Fletcher, who is known for unconventional training methods, pushes him beyond the boundaries of reason and sensibility and changes his life forever until he becomes obsessed with achieving perfection
This is a great movie that shows the process of the artist that spends and devotes his whole life to music. It shows all the hard things that the must go through and makes you understand this reality. It is also an emotional movie because you sympathize and feel for the main character.
Jojo Rabbit (movie)
Jojo is a lonely german boy who firmly believes in the Nazi ideas that were expressed to him by his imaginary friend Adolf Hitler. One day he discovers his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their attic while he is trying to become a soldier for his country and his life takes a turn.
This is a comedy made out of a tragic situation that is mixed with a little bit of drama and effectively shows the brainwashing of the Nazis to young german minds but also from any authoritative figure. It will make you laugh out loud and at the same time think, “I really shouldn’t be laughing about this”. It is a story about being forced to grow up and learning to love after being told you shouldn’t. As you watch this movie you are fr¿orced to reflect on how we view and treat others. Go watch it, you won’t regret it!
Dororo (series)
The leader of a small town that is going through a rough time decides to make a deal with demons in which he will exchange several body parts from his newborn son in exchange for the welfare of the city. After this, the boy is sentenced to death but instead they leave him in the river and a man finds him and decides to take care of him. When this baby grows into a teenager he finds a young orphan thief and during the Sengoku period, they travel across Japan fighting demons who threaten humanity in search of his different body parts.
This is an emotional story about discovering new things about oneself. It questions whether or not it is defined by blood and discusses found family. It is really interesting and you follow these amazing characters as they grow and evolve. You get to see their character development and how his life changes.
Love, Victor
"Love, Victor" is set in the world of "Love, Simon,", a movie about a closeted gay teenager who is forced to come out after being blackmailed. The series follows Victor, who, like Simon, is on his own journey of self-discovery. He faces challenges at home, and at his new high school Creekwood High School, as he explores his sexual orientation. Victor reaches out to Simon when things become too difficult for him to handle and he tries to help him throughout the story through emails.
This is a heartwarming and wholesome story that will keep you entertained the whole time you’re watching and leave you impatiently waiting for the next season. It provides a representation of the LGBTQ+ community in the media and helps those trying to figure out their sexuality through a relatable character.
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