The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck

4.4 AVERAGE

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dannb's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious 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
There is so much “story” in every story. Full of character and perfect descriptions and loops and weaves.  What I love most about the writing is that the author trusts the reader to “get it.” I audibly gasped more than once.

icreatemonsters's review

2.0
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

laur_wong's review

4.0
reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

popplin's review against another edition

5.0
challenging emotional inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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jamwhee's review

5.0
dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

albino1971's review

5.0
adventurous fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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ayo_oops's review against another edition

4.0
dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

kamilaandrea79's review

5.0
emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Very contemplative collection of stories that treat human emotion and decision making with so much kindness and clarity. It made me reflect deeply about my life and also put words to so many amorphous thoughts and feelings I’ve had over the years. I will be thinking about this book for a long time. 

karrharrtt's review against another edition

5.0
emotional reflective relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

pazmad's review

3.0
This book of interconnected short stories has beautifully detailed descriptions that make New England a prominent character throughout.