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Book Review: The Passengers by John Marrs

 The Passengers  By John Marrs  Published Year : 2019 Page Count: 400 pages  Medium Used: Kindle PW  Genre : Scifi, Driverless Cars, Science and Technology, Thriller, Murder, Romance, 2024-read.  Rating : 4/5 ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜€ Reading this is like watching an episode of Black Mirror TV series๐Ÿค‘. Overall, it's a regular revenge story with some interesting twists. The writing is good and kept me hooked. I slept light last night and whenever I woke up, I picked up this book to send me back to sleep๐Ÿ˜ด. It's an easy read that also managed to put a technology scare in me. Especially about self driving cars of level 5 .. where the complete control goes to AI๐Ÿ˜จ ๐Ÿ™€!!  This story is also an eye opener ๐Ÿค” to how much diligence is needed before governments can release and mandate the use of a certain technology for public use๐Ÿคจ. I have always maintained that there should be corporate or government regulating bodies for verification and validation of the claims of tech comp...

Movie Review: Mother! (2017)

 Mother! (2017) Written and Directed by: Darren Arronofsky  Starring : Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem  Genre : Mythological, Bibilical, Horror, Suspense, 2024-watched.  Rating : 10/10  The camera lens follows Jennifer. We see the situations from her point of view. Which was eerie at first but totally scary later on.  Wow. What a movie ! Knocked my breath off. There were multiple indicators, while watching, that suggested the movie is not going to end on a note of hope or wellness. One of them is display of religious fanaticism. When mobs go mad and do things, individuals are no longer acting on their consciousness/conscience. Things go out of hand pretty fast .. as this story demonstrates. Its pure madness and sheer hell. I wanted to fast forward multiple times but also didn't want to miss out.  A husband and wife live in a secluded mansion, leading a peaceful, undisturbed life. Jennifer is happy with just the two of them. The husband doesn't feel co...