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{4/5} “All that happens here is that people live long and healthy lives. Because of that, they grow to be the people they want to be.” The Endless, released in 2017 Aaron and Justin were in a cult when they were kids. They got themselves out, but they’re having a tough time making a living. […]
{4.5/5} “‘My head is spinning. So what you’re saying is that an alien cannon, hidden on the Moon, spat a gob of water at alien planets that didn’t even exist last month.’ ‘I know,’ Mel said, sounding unhappy. ‘On any other day, in any other year, that might seem strange.’” Galaxias by Stephen Baxter, published […]
{5/5} “Am rejoining ranks of London’s employed and meaningfully contributing to society. Can walk with head held high and be role model for Billy and Mabel, saving them from otherwise certain future as alcoholic wards of the state.” Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, released in 2025 Mark was killed four years ago and Bridget […]
{5/5} “Never too late to be surprised.” My Dead Friend Zoe, released in 2024 Merit is back from the war. She still talks to her friend Zoe who she fought with in Afghanistan, but Zoe is dead. She has been ordered to attend group counselling but finds it hard to focus. She finds out that […]
{4.5/5} “‘How’d you two meet?’ ‘We actually met in the war.’ ‘Weren’t you supposed to kill each other?’ ‘We tried.’” The Electric State, released in 2025 After the robots decided they didn’t want to just do what humans told them any more, robots and humans went to war. Humans eventually won, and robots were sent […]
{4/5} “You will be destroyed, and your Wayfinder too.” Moana 2, released in 2024 Moana’s community is alone on an island and they don’t know where any other peopole are. Moana becomes a Wayfinder, and it’s her job to go out and break the curse from the storm god Nalo that hid communities from each […]
{5/5} “‘What am I to do with it exactly?’ ‘You’ll think of something.’” The Miniaturist, aired in 2017 In 1686 Petronella is poor but beautiful and Johannes agrees to marry her. She travels to Amsterdam to his house, and she hopes to one day love him. It seems he’s away on business a lot and […]
{5/5} “Sometimes things are special because they don’t last.” Tales from the Loop season 1, aired in 2020 People who live near the Loop see strange things — snow falling upward, a strangely textured rock that floats in mid-air. Loretta comes home from school to find her house gone, and now she’s looking for her […]
{5/5} “‘Whoever’s doing this doesn’t want us here, doesn’t want us finding out what’s wrong with shifting. That’s why they killed Tinsel. He had the authority to shut this all down.’ ‘Because whoever it is knows the truth.’” Obscura by Joe Hart, published in 2018 Gillian’s husband Kent died of a new disease, Losian’s, that […]
{4.5/5} “There’s a difference between looking at stuff and really seeing it.” Harriet the Spy, released in 1996 Harriet is in sixth grade. She and her friends Janie and Sport always make fun of class president Marion. Harriet often goes out spying on people — she goes out looking for interesting things, and writes them […]