![]() (At least that movie has both Colin Firth and Hugh Grant to distract me from Renee viciously critiquing her own body and, like, spilling coffee all over herself or whatever.) He is capable of two actions, like a mildly impressive Ken doll: 1) sex person and 2) valiant hero trying to kill himself in the name of his friends constantly. Rhys makes me cringe harder than Renee Zellweger in Bridget Jones’ Diary. It is also X-rated, due to the strength of my anger and the copious sex scenes in the source material. We’ve got some categories to run through.ĭISCLAIMER: This review is teeming with spoilers. ![]() That shouldn’t scream “rational and in control of her passionate fury” to you. I counted two hundred (and two) uses of a word over seven hundred pages. Seven pages of sh*t to complain about.Īnd I’ve never been an efficient reviewer. If you feel satisfied enough to just remove yourself from this review, run with that feeling. ![]() That statistic alone should be enough to justify this one star rating. ![]() That’s the number of times that the word “mate,” in any of its hellish forms, is used in this book. ![]()
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"Life: A Story in Search of a Narrator." A Ricoeur Reader: Reflection and Imagination. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2003. "Word and Image." Critical Terms for Art History. Milwaukie, Oregon: Dark Comics, Inc., 1993. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1994.įrank Miller. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. ![]() New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1927. Tamarac, Florida: Poorhouse Press, 1985: 38. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hilton’s research into Caterina Sforza’s nemesis, Cesare Borgia, provides a fascinating insight into the malevolent son of Pope Alexander VI. After the Medici fall, Mora eventually finds herself in Forlì, where she shares the destiny of Caterina Sforza. These are the years of Savonarolan Florence and the great French invasion: the quest for knowledge leads across hazardous pathways, especially for an outsider, a girl, and moreover one reputed to have unearthly, demonic powers. Mora’s struggle to regain some degree of independence eventually leads to her recognition by none other than the great Neoplatonist, Marsilio Ficino. ![]() When her widowed father falls foul of the Spanish Inquisition, his young daughter escapes but is eventually sold into slavery and taken to Florence, where she becomes Mora, a lowly kitchen maid in the great palace of Piero de’ Medici, the weakest link in the line of great Medici bankers, the virtual rulers of Florence. Hilton has researched extensively into the period, and she conjures up a spellbinding tale of Mura, whose mother came from the far north and whose father, Samuel Benito, is a respected Arab bookseller in Toledo. The scene is set by the subtitle on the front cover: “alchemy, poison, intrigue – in the Court of the Medici”, but that’s just the half of it. 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None of us.” Then to the mules, he yelled, “Heyup, you knobheads, keep movin'! Keep movin'!” No offense, Miss Libby, but it's been a sore spot with him for a long time, and we just don't talk about it. “Tyler can tell you if he's a mind to, but I doubt he will. Rory considered her question, then shook his head. Why on earth would he blame Tyler for letting his sister die? 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