Reviews

The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels

gbfp's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

risarooboo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

themianeal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

A tortuously beautiful, important read.

ioana_cristovici's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

babyruth510's review against another edition

5.0

A heartbreaking, cruel and painful story of a young man with AIDS who returns home to his family in rural Ohio to die.

wdanger's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Gorgeous writing. And I'll listen to literally anything Charlie Thurston reads but at some parts I wished the other narrator had read with a little more emotion. I almost cried at the end, and I'm not typically a crier. 

theycallme_bri's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

fracturing's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

beereadingagain's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

dezeremartin's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0