The end is near for Poirot...

Hello everybody.

So the last four Poirot episodes are soon going to be aired on ITV 1 and I must say I can't wait. I have been a big fan of the Belgian detective for a very long time and I think that David Suchet is just excellent.

The first one, The Big Four, will be shown on Wednesday 23rd October at 8pm and will reunite Poirot (David Suchet) with his good friend Japp (Philip Jackson), now Assistant Commissioner of the Met. Also Captain Hastings (Hugh Fraser) and Miss Lemon (Pauline Moran) will make an appearance.

I really can't wait for this and once I've watched it I shall let you know my thoughts on it.

Take Care.

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Catch up time plus Breaking Bad Finale...

Hello people

I realize I've not put up many posts on here recently as I had been doing. With my other blog I started recently, PRESS START, which is getting a great response, and all the games I've been playing and reviewing and television I've been watching, I guess something has to fall behind.

But now that I've got a week off, I am playing catch up. Also this week gives me a chance to get some headway with my next installment of short stories which I am hoping to get released by mid November.

*SPOILER ALERT*

I don't know if anyone watched the Breaking Bad finale last week, but if you did, how amazing was it? It's been a long time since I've seen a TV series that actually answered pretty much everything and didn't leave any unanswered questions. Walter White (Bryan Cranston) got the ending that he deserved, but as much as his character became more and more evil throughout the series as he embraced his dark and criminal side, I couldn't help but feel sympathy for him in the finale episode as he returned to Albuquerque to right the wrongs, finally securing his families financial security, wiping out Todd, Lydia and Uncle Jacks gang, and freeing Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) who was held captive by the gang.

I honestly thought that Walter would either get killed by the hands of Jesse of at the hands or the cancer that started his downfall at the start of the series. But after seeing the finale I'm actually glad it was neither. I guess it would have been too obvious. Instead Walter succumbs to the stray bullet from the machine gun he had rigged from his car to wipe out Uncle Jacks gang whilst he dove on top of Jesse to protect him.

In the end it was sort of a happy ending, Jesse was free to live his life and finally free from not only the gang that held him captive but also from the manipulations of Walter White. Walter had made sure that his wife Skyler was able to make a deal with the DEA and go on with her life with their two kids. And even as he had one last look at the meth cooking equipment before collapsing to his death, he had a look on his face that was sort of like a smile, like he had finally completed what needed to be done.

It was one hell of a ride and I glad I started to watch it. There is a reason why it won an Emmy and also why it is in the Guinness book of records for highest rated TV series, which is thanks to its meta-score of 99/100 on MetaCritic.com.

Until next time peeps.

Take Care

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Book Review: The Venus Complex by Barbie Wilde

The first piece of fiction I read by Barbie Wilde was a short story called Polyp which was featured in The Mammoth  Book of Body Horror. And then Sister Cilice from Hellbound Hearts, which in my opinion was the best story in the collections.
But of course I'm not here to talk about those stories. Although the latter short story certainly prepared me for what I was embarking on.

The Venus Complex is about the descent of Michael Friday, a respected art historian, who after a moment of rage filled madness kills his wife in a car 'accident'. It's told in the form of a diary which really livens the tension and at certain points you could be mistaken for reading an actual serial killers diary.

Apart from the dark sexual thoughts and psychotic dreams that Michael Friday has, he also likes to rant quite a bit and is angry at the world, which you can actually understand and may even agree with, I know I did.
Even though Michael Friday is quite an evil man in most ways, you can't help but root for him and want him to succeed in his 'Venus Project'.

I will warn you though, there are some truly shocking moments in this book and it is definitely not for the faint of heart. But unlike most stories I've read where they are just blatantly shocking, this is well written novel and I hope to see Barbie bring out some more delicious works of fiction in the future. Especially since the way The Venus Complex ends, there is definitely an opening for a sequel and would love to know what Mr Friday will get up to next, but at the same time if there isn't plans for another one then that would be okay as this book ends perfectly.

Some people have compared this to American Psycho, which I can see what they mean to a certain point, but I would have to mostly disagree because I think The Venus Comples is infinitely better and much better written in my opinion.
I really can't wait for the next book or piece of fiction by Barbie Wilde and I hope we don't have to wait too long.

If you have read The Venus Complex or are planning to then please let me know what you think, or better yet, tweet @BarbieWilde and her know what you thought.

Take Care

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