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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
funny
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
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
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
The local color of this book was top notch, but the story didn’t draw me in as much as I wanted it to. McBride has an eye and an ear for this eclectic bunch of Brooklyn residents, and I laughed a lot. Always the teacher, I marked lots of mentor sentences because they were just so beautiful.
adventurous
emotional
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:
Yes
Beautifully written characters and a well-crafted plot to bring them all together
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
funny
reflective
slow-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
I loved this book.
I don’t even quite know what to say about it. A motley collection of characters who leap off the page. A real community with all its flaws at the inflection point in NYC’s interesting history. No character is entirely likable and yet I kind of loved and rooted for all of them. And all of a sudden there would be a half-page-long stream-of-consciousness sentence that nevertheless flowed and I loved it.
Off to download more by James McBride.
I don’t even quite know what to say about it. A motley collection of characters who leap off the page. A real community with all its flaws at the inflection point in NYC’s interesting history. No character is entirely likable and yet I kind of loved and rooted for all of them. And all of a sudden there would be a half-page-long stream-of-consciousness sentence that nevertheless flowed and I loved it.
Off to download more by James McBride.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes