amputations

• Flyboys directed by Tony Bill (2006)

  [6/10]

  "Essentially, you should see Flyboys for the excellent dogfights. You need the basic story line so you will care enough about the pilots when they die, but otherwise the plot doesn't do much to enlighten the audience about Americans serving in the French military as some of the first wartime aviators."

• Subtle Knife, The by Philip Pullman (1997)

  [6/10]

  "For the middle book in a trilogy, Pullman manages to keep the plot and pacing in The Subtle Knife quite engaging, and he ends the book just about as suddenly and tragically as in The Golden Compass."

  Average score: 6.00