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Teodora’s Book Reviews: “Special Agents – Deep End” by Sam Hutton (HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2010)

If you strongly believe that clickbait videos are the most irritating deceptions, you may want to consider books with misinterpreting descriptions. A book which announces a new cutting-edge, fast-paced crime series with strong characters, believable dialogue, authentic locations and compelling plots can only raise your expectations. Allow me to lower them a bit by putting forward a more realistic presentation: “a book which most likely announces a new cutting-ties, really fast-paced crime series with barely developed characters, snappy dialogue, authentic locations and confusing plots”. I would be lying if I said that I didn’t enjoy the beginning. Or rather the way it unfolded. The story is based around a girl, Maddie, who has her family gunned down as a revenge attack by a convict. Her mom is killed and her father’s life is confined to a wheelchair. To make matters worse, even the girl’s hope of becoming a professional ballet dancer is out of the question. Although I already knew w

Teodora’s Movie Reviews: “Avengers: Infinity War” (2018)

*Spoilers will be discussed* Keep going only if you watched the movie (or read spoilers by accident) I remember the day I came across the first video about Avengers: Infinity War , the “first look” trailer . My heart was racing and I had goosebumps. You could tell that even the directors (the Russo brothers, Anthony and Joe) and the actors were looking forward to an exhilarating journey. Surely, the initial release date (May 4) seemed to be way out of reach and I kept thinking how I would manage to patiently wait for the movie. And yet, here we are one year later, devouring Marvel’s new blockbuster (and record-breaking) movie. Avengers: Infinity War is a subtle proof that time passes by much quicker than I can actually comprehend. Recently it has been quite a challenge to avoid reading comments and rumors about the plot. However, I suppose it would have been even riskier to surf on the internet if it hadn’t been for Marvel’s impactful hashtag, #ThanosDemandsYourSilence (alth