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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Meeeehhh major crawdads vibes - not good until the end. I get the hype just not my preferred type of book.
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
The best books for any reader are those that reveal things about oneself. Early in this book, I mused on why it resonated so much. I determined it has all the things I like most in a novel: a beautifully wrought sense of place and location, a wide array of complex characters holding right to secrets, and wide-reaching tension stemming from a violent or profound incident.
I don’t think this book totally nailed the landing and some of the author’s character choices felt a bit on the nose, but I remained invested because of the beautiful language and the gravitational pull of the setting.
I don’t think this book totally nailed the landing and some of the author’s character choices felt a bit on the nose, but I remained invested because of the beautiful language and the gravitational pull of the setting.
This was such a good read(audiobook) for in the car. I kept thinking about it long after I finished. Cool to read a book set in MN
The River We Remember has an interesting plot and the last third of the book is the most exciting. But the characters are just not well developed at all, in my opinion, and there are too many random side stories that don’t need to be in the book.
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The book centers a great of white feelings at the expense of 1-D portrayal of the characters of color. It just was so jarring and kind of hard to overcome. A great of apologizing and hand wringing for the "times" as there could not have been a world where the white characters could have been braver against prejudice.
Audiobook. Beautifully written, complicated story of a small town in mid-20th century America.