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Holy $hitGame of Thrones tried to kill me...REPEATEDLY in 70 min.
SPOILERS!!!!!!
Seriously...read on at your own risk.
I can't tell you how many times I said "Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas" last night. That was by far one of the best season finales. It wasn't a huge cliffy (thank god!) but there was so much info crammed in I thought my head was gonna 'splode. *Hahaha* So since coherent thought was lacking with all the reveals, I'll just give you my tumblr thoughts (and reblogs). Sadly these make more sense than anything I could possibly type at the moment *my brain is mush*.
Dude creepy murderous kids are just….can you say Children of the Corn... *shudder*
Sansa. Babe. You’ve got to kill LF. You know you do. There’s no other answer.
Also, I’m still in fucking CHILLS from that reveal scene. Good god.
Omg. O.m.g.
And there you have it. My "thoughts" on last nights Season 6 Finale. I have to wait a year?!?!?! And its a shortened season?!!??! WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My husband was seriously looking at me like I lost my god dammed mind...I was geeking out hard core!!!
This was a fun and sometimes silly murder mystery. We have Sam Turner, real estate agent and awesome single mom with some old relationship issues. And then we have everyone else. She is the story teller so it is all about her. But she isn't an "its all about me" kind of character. She is actually all about others, sometimes to her detriment. In the end that is what saves her, her caring and compassion that everyone thinks makes her weak is what makes her successful.
I found this to be a quick and easy read (when I found time to actually read). Sam is relatable. I might not be a single mom but I could feel her struggle. She may have been dealt a bad hand but she raised a wonderful son and seems to genuinely care about others. Even though she should be cut throat to sell sell sell she just can't. She can't in good conscience do something that she knows is wrong, especially if it could harm someone.
It is a wonderful story about the insanity of selling a derelict home with many hidden secrets. Of course when prospective buyers start dying, things go a little sideways for poor Sam. She finds her self in absolutely insane situations, I mean who else gets locked in an office while trespassing and has to jump out of a window. We are led to believe something supernatural is happening but that isn't really the case. The evil in the world isn't of another dimension...it is 100% human. Human(s) who will murder, threaten, harm, solely for their own benefit. But Sam is smart, she does dumb things like run off Bernie, but she is smart. She starts to figure it out. Once that happens the book is really hard to put down.
I received this book for free from Random House and Chatterbox for free to read and give my honest review.
SPOILERS I love that her kindness to the "bum" is what saves her. All of her business prospects fall apart and then like a knight in shining armor her least prospective person turns out to be the only option. He inherited money. He is an old friend of the deceased owner. He wants to buy this horribly decrepit property and make it his own. Had she not befriended him by being a wonderful person, he may not have gone to her the way he did. She was inspirational to so many. Including but not limited to Max her son and Merritt who was scared to to the right thing for fear of being unjustly punished. Her bug heart and goofy attitude makes this such a fun story.
The ending seemed a tad rushed BUT I am assuming Merritt now has the money or at least a reward to help her and Lily get on their feet. Curly gets his old friends property and will do right by it. Max gets to sort of have a relationship with his estranged father. And Sam gets Bernie, or Bernie gets Sam. As much as she tried to push him away because of her flighty sister she still got the guy, along with the sale, her own home, and a seemingly happy ending.
Its been a few days since I've finished this book and I am still not sure how I feel. Don't get me wrong, I liked it quite a bit but it was one heck of a roller coaster ride of strange. We have a brood of weird adult kids whose father has gone missing. But these are no ordinary kids. They have "powers" but not how you may think. One is the "master" of languages, One is the "master" of animals, One is the "master" of battle, One is the "master" of death, One is the "master" of healing, etc. But they are not allowed to overlap, they can't study each others catalogues. The father they speak of isn't their actual father. He adopted them after some tragedy where their parents died.
The book jumps back and forth between the past and the present. It seems a little pointless at first but it really is the only thing that makes sense at the end. You can sort of figure out where things are headed but it keeps enough secrets to keep you interested. The thing is, this book made me insanely uncomfortable. not because of the religious undertones but because of the off the wall things that the "siblings" did and said. I get that they were secluded from the world until their father went missing but they are complete neanderthals...very little sense of humanity.
The whole book I was like is he God and they are angels? Then it said he was "a fallen soldier" or something like that so then I thought is he Lucifer and they are his minions? Clearly he is some sort of deity. And his friends/enemies are deities also. It was a very strange way of explaining the unexplainable things of the world.
The book was disturbing, at times disgusting, quite funny, and very very good. I would recommend it. It is different. I have noting to compare it to because I've not read anything like it. I almost want to read it again because I feel like I may have missed somethings because too many things were going on that I was trying to follow.
SPOILERS While
I wanted to like Carolyn because she was the most human of the bunch,
she scared me. She appeared to want to do the right thing but most of
her decisions were based on very selfish reasons. She hurt someone she
really cared about because she thought she had to. She deceived her
father and her family. She killed people. She was becoming a vengeful
demigod. Her brother Michael was my favorite. He was innocent. He was
perfectly happy in nature and not dealing with anyone. David
absolutely terrified me. He was the epitome of animalistic thinking.
He only cared about himself and his needs. Even if that meant taking
it by force...trigger warning. The other "siblings" played a smaller
part. WE hear about Jennifer who can heal and Margaret who walks with
the dead but they aren't as prominent. Steve was a good person with a
flawed sense of self. He tried to do right by everyone. Erwin was a
hero. He was brash and a tad scary but he was a hero.
Then we
meet Father. Yea I was just as shocked. He seemed like such a jerkface
when described by Carolyn and I am sure he was but he had his reasons.
He did unspeakable things but it was to keep the world in balance.
I received this book for free from Blogging for Books to read and give an honest review.
Right so I need something to fill the void left by Lucifer having its season finale *le sigh*. So OFCOURSE I just started watching the show that filled it's time slot. All I knew was that it was Houdini & Doyle and that they were something like a crime solving duo. I did not realize the plot. I didn't read up about it. I just saw Houdini and said "COOOOOOOL!"
So the the show starts with a Houdini illusion, sweet. Then jumps to a man entering a party. I was eating and not paying full attention but I heard "I love Sherlock, I can't wait to read more" or something of that nature and the man replies "Sherlock is dead! Remember the falls." And I'm all "wait, what show am I watching...?" Then it clicks. "Oh, THAT Doyle. As in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle!?!"
So this new show I am watching is about the greatest illusionist of all time and the author of one of my favorite fictional characters teaming up to investigate unusual crimes that may or may not pertain to the supernatural?!!?! And the one who is unbelieving is the f**king Illusionist!!! Hold up a second, I may actually enjoy this. Houdini is a Grade A prick, Mr. Doyle is more likeable but also a bit of a pain in the butt, but Adelaide Stratton is WONDERFUL! She is a woman working as a police officer in a time when that is 100% unheard of. I love her already. She is smart and confident and looks like she could be a bit of a bad@$$ and is a bit pretty. I love it.
No one takes her seriously but she is determined to prove them all wrong. I was so incredibly angry at Houdini when he went off on her, called her stupid, and said she should "find a nice man who would buy her nice things" or something of that nature. I wanted to punch him and I think she did too but instead she fires back at him and earned some respect! Ha, take that @$$hole.
Doyle believes in the Supernatural. He is an intelligent man but he still believes. He trusts mediums, he believes in ghosts, he doesn't look for the logical explanation. Houdini believes in fact. He debunks everything. There is a logical explanation to all the weirdness in the world. Hmmmm, interesting. But there is something about him. He almost exists on another plane. Weird things happen around him and while he can explain most away, the piano playing at the end almost proves that something not of this dimension is at work.
I think I like this crime fighting duo. Its like Sherlock and Watson but with magic and ghosts (Doyle is Watson and Houdini is Sherlock). I can't wait to see where the writers bring us as we delve into the antics of Houdini & Doyle.
So we got the Season Premier of GoT, whoohoo...but then we got the Season finale of Lucifer, booooo. (see previous post for GoT)
Last night was the Season Finale of Lucifer*tears*. I wasn't ready for it to go away. At least we know there will be a Season 2*eeeeeeeeeeeeee*.
This is by far my new favorite show. Its funny, its emotional, its a
little scary/disturbing, and it has some of the best writing. Lucifer
is the devil but in the show he is the fallen angel. The "child" that
was abandoned by his father. He isn't evil, he just maintains the realm
where evil souls go. Like I've said before, he can't make you do
anything but he can get you to realize/say your darkest desires. Is he
selfish, of course but he has depth. He cares for a human and her
family. He has a best friend...she's a demon but a friend none the
less. He has siblings, other angels (duh). And his angelic brother is
not exactly the best shining example of heaven. He does bad things in
the name of good. It's a bit bizarre-o-esq.
So
Luci is taking the fall for a murder he didn't commit. Bad cop brought
back from the dead realizes he f**ked with the wrong fallen angel and
is desperate and on the run. Chloe is conflicted. She doesn't want to
believe Lucifer did it but there is a dead guy in his bar whom he had a
public fight with earlier. Detective Douche (also known as Dan) is
actually being a decent guy now. Amenadiel decides to help his brother
redeem himself and Mazikeen is just a bad@$$ b**ch(love her!).
It
broke my heart a little at how hurt Lucifer was that Chloe didn't
believe him. Of all people he thought she would have his back. I love
that Luci and his bro are working together. When they are meeting with
the shrink lady I couldn't stop LAUGHING. They are so funny. I mean
they were all bickering siblings trying to get the other to admit he is
wrong. When they went all kick@$$ angels on the gang I was so happy!
Thankfully Chloe (and Dan) realize Luci is probably innocent and start
working to clear his name. I thoroughly enjoyed Chloe and Mazikeen
working together. I know they have a hate/hate relationship but they
make a good team (and are also very amusing).
When
Dan turned himself in to clear Lucifer's name I almost cried. Okay not
really but it was very touching. Even the devil himself was taken
aback. Bad cop took Trixie. You don't not hurt our precious angel
Trixie! She is adorable and she is friends with Lucifer. Bad move
Malcolm. I was 100% not expecting Luci to get shot. It looked like he had a good "hold" on Malcolm and then *pow* what just happened?!!? Chloe was in the
room so he is mortal and DYING and what?!?! No, I know there is a
Season 2. He can't be funny sexy devil if he's back in Hell!
But then...then he starts talking to God. He is praying, sort of. He is saying he will be a good boy and go back to hell if he'll do just one thing. Keep Chloe safe. What?!?!?! My heart just stopped! He really, truly cares for her on some level and I just can't form a coherent thought, excuse me. So he dies and we are freaking out a bit. He's in hell and there is a door open. Someone has escaped..but who is it?!?!? He looks scared?!?! Who could scare the freaking devil?!?!
The almighty brings him back *yay* and he stops bad cop from hurting Chloe & Trixie *double yay*. Chloe kills Malcolm before he can shoot Luci again and we watch as he dies knowing he is going STRAIGHT to hell *muahahahaha*. There is a tiny happy reunion (no hugs). She is happy he's not DEAD and he's happy and confused. Probably because he realizes what he asked for. He didn't ask to be saved himself, he asked for her to be saved, very out of character for him. Flash over to him and Amenadiel talking. He tells him someone escaped from hell. Amenadiel is like, no biggie, one damned soul shouldn't be hard to re-capture. But then he notices Lucifer is...is that fear??? He's scared...what could scare him. Who escaped?!?!? Luci said "Its Mum". And cue the credits. What!?!?!? Mum...MUM! Who is the mother of angels?!!?!? Why is she in hell??? Why is Luci scared??? Why is Amenadiel scared?!?!? I need to go research. Is it Lilith? But I thought she was the 1st wife of Adam and the mother of evil creature...like Vampires, etc. Is it Amara (I am pulling $hit from Supernatural) but isn't she God's sister or something?!?! I need Season 2...
So we got the Season Premier of GoT, whoohoo...but then we got the Season Finale of Lucifer, booooo. (see next post for Lucifer)
Game of Thrones first, it went by WAY too fast. Before I knew it the hour was up and it was ending. We find out a little of what happened since we left our fav characters at the end of Season 5. But only a taste. Just a little taste of each story line...still no Bran. Where the f**k is Bran? We shall find out soon, I think. At least based on the previews they showed for the Season.
Jon is still dead. No...just no! He isn't dead. Melisandre can bring him back...right?!?! She said she saw him fighting at Winterfell, HE'S NOT DEAD. I'm not in denial...shut up. I really wanted Ghost to go all vengeful Dire wolf on the men that turned on Jon. I still think he'll go at least partial vengeful dire wolf at some point. Rip their guts out Ghost!
Sansa and Theon are still running for their lives. They are saved by Brienne & Podrick. They swear their loyalty to one another. Sansa has come so far since the series (books) began. She was such a one dimensional character who has now become so important, so layered, definitely one of my favs.
Arya is still blind but I think we are seeing that she is being taught to use her other senses to survive. At least that is the vibe I got. They crazy snake women killed everyone I liked in Dorne. I actually felt sorry for Cersi. Her heartbreaking revelation about how she would bear children but none would live was quite sobering. Tyrion while he wasn't on screen long, reminded me why he is another fav. He is just a great character. He can be a "bad" person but under all that he is someone I would want to be friends with (weird). Daenerys is captured by the Dothraki. She wins over that Khal by being her bad@$$ self and by being the widow of Khal Drogo. She has their immediate respect but they will not be bringing her back to Meereen. Yikes! Something tells me her Dragon will be changing that somehow.
Then they dropped the bomb of all bombs on us. We know Melisandre is different. She is a powerful...witch...sorceress...priestess. She clearly uses magic. She seems older than she looks but she is visibly young and beautiful. So we are being the creepers watching her get ready for bed. She drops her clothes (it wouldn't be GoT without boobs) and then takes off her necklace. All we see is this weird distorted reflection. Pan back to Melisandre and she looks like a taller Gollum with saggy tatas and OMG I did not need to see this before going to bed. She is old...VERY old...and very scraggly. Hmmmm what are they telling us now?!?! So she has strong magic...she can bring back Jon Snow! Right...right?!?!?! I may have a one track mind at the moment.