Books
S.P.Q.R
This book is an EXTREMELY academic view of the creation of Rome and its Emperors to a certain point. The book is broken down like a college course where you jump back and forth through centuries based on the topic of conversation.
Garrett
Movies
The Last Duel
Honestly, the fight scenes were WAY more crazy than I expected and by far the best part of this movie. The acting is really good, but the story was slow. [Ben Affleck] with blonde hair is something I never thought I'd see and he looks so weird. It takes a couple scenes to get used to it.
Books
Map of Bones
This book has an interesting take on the history of the Catholic church that I feel could be plausible. I am not saying that there is a secret cabal of people in the church trying to become immortal, but I will say that priest are human like everyone else.
Books
Five Tribes
This book does a great job with the description of technology, places, and cultures, but this book feels like a .5 in the series. For instance, the first book The Last Sword Maker has a great full story of events, where this one felt like a filler almost an entire book that is a filler episode.
Books
The Alchemist
This book is terrible. The forward talks about having issues with getting the book published and I completely understand why. While a story does happen, it has a much depth as a children's cartoon show. A bad one like a Scrappy-doo only episode.
Movies
The Marksman
If Liam Neeson was attempting to be Rambo in Rambo: Last Blood from 2019. Story is almost identical. Something happens with drug traffickers south of the boarder that bleeds over into his property and he has to kill a whole bunch of Mafiosos. 6/10