20.6k reviews for:

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

4.36 AVERAGE

kiwinele's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

riekexmx's review against another edition

5.0

emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

catarinaferraz's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

princessjulia's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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I enjoyed what this book had to say about internalised homophobia and its intrinsic link with misogyny. It was a really heavy book but the writing flowed beautifully. 

harryc485's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny sad 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

dannyluke9's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lucasriccardi's review against another edition

4.0

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This was a book I appreciated but sometimes I had trouble connecting to it. Some really moving, terrifying passages on the uncertainty of desire hit me hard.

jorge_je's review against another edition

5.0

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se ha sentido masoquista leerme esto en un solo día

'If you cannot love me, I will die. Before you came I wanted to die, I have told you many times. It is cruel to have made me want to live only to make my death more bloody.'

garrett_reads's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gsaareads's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A