3.44k reviews for:

My Oxford Year

Julia Whelan

3.81 AVERAGE

notevenmaybe's review

3.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

vally_girl's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cfrailey's review

4.5

emotional fast-paced

ericas_stories's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jankichauhan's review

4.25

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

readwithmichele's review

4.5

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-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: N/A

megsbookishsoul's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-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: Complicated

sfp's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

sarah_kinkade's review

2.0

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I find it hard to believe that someone in a Master's program at Oxford for English Literature wouldn't know the name of John Keating from 'Dead Poets Society', but still knows the movie well enough to reference it, or had never heard of basic literature theories that any English major would have studied in their first year of undergrad; I understand that our protagonist wasn't an 'English major' in undergrad, but she's doing a Master's in literature at Oxford! She should have at least heard of Queer Theory. Furthermore, this book is filled with cliches and the writing was mediocre at best. I found myself rolling my eyes throughout the whole thing.

maryhadalittlebookshelf's review

5.0

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated