Reviews

A Book of Common Prayer by Joan Didion

rorywannabe's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

elinightingale's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

4.0

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cowboytreen's review

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

4.0

and_abigail's review against another edition

5.0

so well written and so uncomfortable that i almost didn’t like it … but still five stars

bethanyevelyn's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

squydney's review

medium-paced

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

3.75

janeanger's review against another edition

3.0

I'll gather my thoughts and get back to you on this one.

Added 7/20/15

Didion's fiction is, to me, pretty absurd. The characters in this book are so unrealistic it's almost laughable, the plot slow and cerebral with most things happening inside the heads of aforementioned characters or at a dinner party. Why do so many things happen at dinner parties or airports in these people's world? That this book was published in the 70s is obvious throughout. I saw someone somewhere describe this book as containing "microscopic prose" and cannot think of my own original phrase that more aptly sums it up.

bubblegum_or_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

emmabent's review

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.25

stefan_'s review

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0