Cliffhanger

Summary The series of unfortunate events : a slippery slope details the misadventures of the children Sunny, Klaus and Violet. In the story the youngest of the Baudelaire's, Sunny, gets abducted by a gang of villains. Their leader being Count Oaf who has tormented the children ever since he found out about their fortunes. As the plot unfolds you find out that the children's allegedly dead parents may not even be dead. They obtain this information from a secret organization known as the VDF…

With the ever-expanding power of technology, science, and social media, entrepreneurs have developed countless applications to connect with others and start relationships. However, imagine if all it took was a single swab to find out who you were destined for. In this psychological thriller with science fiction and dystopian influence, a scientific breakthrough allows individuals to find their genetic match, in other words, their soul mate. John Marrs’s The One, explores the lives of Mandy, Nick…

would be fun while reading a good story. This book was packed with action and had a good twist of drama and mythology to it. The story was very entertaining because the author is really good at describing what was going on and using really good cliffhangers, so that the reader would keep reading the book.. The book switches points of view between Carter and Sadie every chapter, so there are two main characters in this book.. Carter and Sadie are two very…

This book is also intriguing, it catches the reader’s interest and stays hooked even beyond the end because one will still need a final answer, not that this leaves at a cliffhanger, it gives a conclusion, one may wish to have seen a more justified answer. One may just wish to see where all of these strange and horrifying stories from the main character come about from. The message of this book is indeed, to never give up…

I’ll be starting my analysis during the Inspector's final speech on page 207 and finishing halfway down page 208. Throughout my speech I will be making references to some of the primary key themes and ideas in the play which are: Social Duty and Responsibility. I’m analysing this section because this is the point that Priestley adds another dimension to the play where by we first see the family rationalise the legitimacy of the inspectors lessons. During this time we see the divide between the…

The Sky is Everywhere is a tragedy-romance novel that includes the thoughts and feelings of a young broken girl that has lost someone important in her life. The story’s author, Jandy Nelson, shows us all the ways she grieves over her loss, and how she handles living life with a piece taken out of her. Lennie, the main character of the book, is a junior in high school struggling to find ways to cope with the fact that her sister has just passed away. She has lived with her uncle and her grandma…

The other day I was walking around Kingston and noticed a woman walking next to a man who was wearing a shirt reading “I’m With Stupid ---->” (with the arrow pointing straight at the woman.) I chortled momentarily, and it made me think about this impending essay about the cup of Nestor found in Pithicusaean tomb. Would archaeologists one day uncover this shirt and create an intense academic discussion as to the meaning of this phrase, and whether it was intended as a joke or as a serious…

The novel, The Third Eye, written by Lois Duncan is a real cliffhanger. The book tells the story from a girl perspective, Karen. Karen is an 18-year old that has visions, but her “gift” might bring danger to her family. Karen is babysitting at lunchtime, and the kid runs off with his friends and goes missing, but with her visions she can help find the boy. Also when Karen is going to work, something awful happens to her. She wonders if anyone will ever find her. The setting takes place in a…

Do you love science-fiction but just can’t find a book? Well then I got a solution for you! The Illustrated Man is a very intriguing book because of its use of imagery, but also its creepiness. The story is about a man that used to work in the circus but ends up breaking his leg, so while he was recovering he decided to get tattoos. Little did he know that these tattoos were magical and at night they came to life. The man was disgusted and claimed that the lady that tattooed him was a witch from…

The McTavish Regressions by McTavish & Burette provides a historical fiction twist on the psycho-therapeutic procedure known as Past Life Regression. Past Life Regression practitioners believe that a person’s inexplicable fetish or desire stems from an experience in one of his past lives. Dr. Wallace McTavish, a Past Life Regression specialist, meets his new patient, Laura. Born with a physical disability, Laura spent her entire life stuck in a wheelchair. Thus, she could not fathom why she…