Reviews

The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

issianne's review

4.0

Amor has the magic touch, I swear. He gets it. He understood the assignment. He just knows how to capture you with his characters and his amusing vignettes. His characters are truly so easy to fall in love with, and they’re never shoved down your throat. You just find yourself throughout the book coming to the realization that you care about their wellbeing. (There were moments that dragged which is why I couldn’t necessarily give it a 5 star.)

May we all have the hopefulness of Billy, the temperance of Emmett, the gumption of Duchess, the kindness of Woolly, the perseverance of Ulysses, and the drive of Sally.

richardmosson's review

adventurous slow-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

3.5

prostobulochka's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

lissgriffin's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

A wonderful tale shared through the many voices involved. 

honnari_hannya's review

1.0

This book is full of such insufferable people. Especially the "well-meaning" ones. I hate Billy. I hate Sally. I hate literally everyone except Emmett and Townhouse. A book full of white indignation and self-righteousness lmfao.

cdhotwing's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

shay_books's review against another edition

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

3.75

shelf_lifeblog's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

alejaeger's review

5.0

Em completo estado de choque

dreaminthepages's review against another edition

5.0

What a storytelling masterpiece of a ride this was! The perfect summer adventure told by one of the best writers/storytellers out there! I could not put this book down and loved the chaos and all the characters and their depth.

This book gave me soo many vibes amd it made me think of so many adventure classics that I have encountered - Stand By Me, Off Mice and Men, The Goonies, Ferris Buellers Day Off - to name just a few. It even made me ponder back to watching and loving The Hangover and even Holes for the first time. These may seem strange to compare this book to because they are all so different between themselves as well but trust me if you like any of the above then you'll love this book. You could probably add more to this list such as The 3 Muskateers but these are just the ones i've read/seen.

Amor Towles has such an amazing imagination and all the while reading this I had a cinematic experience going on in my head and I would absolutely love it if this was turned into a movie. The character building was done well, they all pretty much had back stories and I do love that as it adds really good depth to them.

This was my 2nd Amor Towles book and definitely would love to check out more of his books!