Bria Lou Reviews

I'm a huge fan of Carrie Hope Fletcher as an actress/singer/YouTuber, and I have read all of her YA/Adult books so far. Some of her books I've really liked and some I haven't, mainly the last two, so I was a bit wary about this one. But ultimately, I felt like the idea of this book was one that I'd probably enjoy. Lorelai has a secret - whenever she kisses someone on the lips, she sees how they will die. To solve this problem, Lorelai has decided never to kiss anyone again. But then she meets Grayson, the first man she has wanted to kiss in years. Can she kiss Grayson? And if she does, can she change what she sees? While I enjoyed reading this story, there is a lot more that I disliked about the book than liked. Having said that, it's still one of my favourites of Carrie's. From the first page of the book, the sentence structures are weird. Some sentences run on too long without commas, and others stop short. It reads like it probably needed one more once-over b...

  Like a lot of Marvel/MCU fans, I loved the Thor film before this one, Thor: Ragnarok, and I liked the direction that Thor went in after that movie. So I was excited to see how the Thor storyline would continue in this movie. To battle a galactic killer, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) teams up with King Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Korg (Taika Waititi) and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), now 'The Mighty Thor'. I didn't like this film. Maybe I need to watch it again, but on the first watch, it wasn't for me. It kind of felt like the filmmakers saw that jokes, recognisable songs and action scenes worked really well in Ragnarok, so they filled the beginning of Love & Thunder with them with no set-up (particularly the action scene), and it didn't work for me at all. Everything that happened, up to and including Jane becoming The Mighty Thor, felt really insignificant. Nothing felt impactful, and it doesn't feel like anything in the MCU will be changed becaus...

I hadn't heard much about this film before seeing it, but the premise seemed cute and romantic, so I thought I'd probably like it. Cassie (Sofia Carson), a musician with a medical condition, agrees to marry Marine, Luke (Nicholas Galitzine), for health insurance benefits. However, when a tragedy occurs, this fake marriage begins to inspire real feelings. I loved this film. It wasn't exactly what I expected, but I liked it more than I thought I would. Although the fake dating trope has been done many times before in movies and books, this felt like a somewhat original take on the genre, which was interesting to see. I loved the chemistry between the two lead actors, which made for a great relationship between the characters. The film includes all the classic enemies-to-lovers romance tropes, but it didn't feel particularly cliché.  The interactions between the characters were realistic, and while I would have liked to see more conflict between them (especially because th...

  Here's my really late August post round-up! Book Review #105: The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley  - My first post of August was a book review. I didn't love this book as much as I wanted to. Hello, Goodbye and Everything In Between | Film Review  - This was the first film I reviewed in August. It was cute and sweet, but not especially ground-breaking. June Post Round-Up | 2022  - My June posts. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Film Review  - I was disappointed with this movie - which has become a theme for me with a few of the recent MCU movies. Press Play | Film Review  - This was an interesting movie. It could have been a lot better (particularly at the beginning), but a fun watch. Don't Make Me Go | Film Review  - I quite liked this film until the ending, which ruined things for me. Book Review #106: The Lucky Ones by Liz Lawson  - This was an enjoyable read, but it wasn't as emotional as I wanted it to be, or as I thought it woul...

  I am such a huge fan of the first 'Orphan' movie. So as excited as I was to see a sequel (or in this case a prequel), I was very sceptical about whether or not it would be as good as the original. After escaping from a psychiatric facility, Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman) travels to America by pretending to be a family's missing daughter. This was an okay movie. It was entertaining, but definitely not as good as the original. The idea in itself is a really good one. This is a story that had been spoken about in the first film, so it made sense that it was the plot of the prequel. Even though the story feels unrealistic, the audience is able to suspend our disbelief because we are so familiar with Esther as a character. The cast is great. Isabelle Fuhrman in particular is as amazing playing Esther as she was the first time around (when she was only 12 years old!) The film didn't make me care about any of the characters, neither Esther nor anyone new that was introduced. I di...