What? Of course I knew the rumors from yore that Unbreakable was intended as a trilogy but as the years went on and nothing happened, I figured the projected had been abandoned. More importantly, I learned it was an Unbreakable sequel. And so it was that Split flew under my radar - I now regret I didn't pay money to watch it on the big screen - until I clicked on its Honest Trailer back in 2018, expecting another belly of laughs. I was so uninterested in Shyamalan's movies I only crossed paths with them whenever Honest Trailers released another mockery. For the next years I only heard about Shyamalan whenever a friend griped about another dud his output seemed to be getting progressively worse. Sure, I liked The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, but the good bits in Signs didn't hide an obvious decline. Never in my wildest dreams did I see myself coming back, let alone to enthuse over an M. My trusty sidekick IMDB tells me that the last time I bothered to write a review in this website was way back in 2013.
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New Zealand’s home of art and culture, but darker forces, forgotten forces, are starting to reappear. Steam Press is thrilled to launch its latest novel – The Wind City, by Summer Wigmore. Thirteen years later, New Hope is thriving, magicks and normals banding together for protection and community. Governments have failed, electricity is scarce, industrial production is practically nonexistent, so in order to survive, people must produce or scavenge food and goods. Many have discovered magical abilities many who don’t have them hunt those who do. The Doom has killed billions, and the survivors have aligned themselves into different factions, with various priorities. The girl who will be The One reaches her 13th birthday, makes the choice to train with her magical mentor, and steps into her many gifts, then must find allies to prepare for the war to come. In this sequel to Roberts' apocalyptic Year One (2017), the world settles into its new normal after The Doom. 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Staying married to him is the fight of my life. Irrevocably.Marrying him was a dream come true. Falling in love with him was the easiest thing I've ever done. |