688 reviews for:

A Calamity of Souls

David Baldacci

4.26 AVERAGE

pleasanthill's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

kkventura47's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

11dogs's review against another edition

4.75

challenging inspiring reflective sad tense 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: No

gsarahthelibrarian's review against another edition

2.0

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Once again, I'm against the norm with this title. The whole time I read it, I kept thinking of early John Grisham fiction, especially [b:A Time to Kill|32542|A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)|John Grisham|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1554303029l/32542._SY75_.jpg|1804929]. The book was so formulaic and full of preachy side notes meant to educate the dumb reader about what Jim Crow era Virginia was like. Is this book easy to read? Yes. Is it too skewed to popular fiction for me? Yes. Is this anything like what Baldacci usually writes? No. I feel like the reading level dropped a grade or two.

meredith_reeves's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional tense 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

mommurr's review against another edition

4.5

emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ni0mi's review against another edition

3.75

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Crime/law books aren’t usually my thing but this civil rights era story was well written and had me genuinely questioning who committed the crime. The audiobook has multiple narrators which made for a great listen. 

lwood2025's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

readingwithmygoldens's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

lilyandme123's review against another edition

4.75

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Overall Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.75

Narration Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️