228 reviews for:

Spoon River Anthology

Edgar Lee Masters

3.9 AVERAGE

maemoll's review against another edition

3.0

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This collection is interesting and ahead of its time, and it has several moments of clever narrative revelation. It is undeniable a benchmark in the history of Western poetry. That being said, I only enjoyed a handful of these poems as poems rather than as narrative units making up the complete image that the book offers.

aggie1115's review against another edition

3.0

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Interesting poems, never read anything like it before. It was highly engaging and entertaining. Not the best book ever though.

hedyd's review against another edition

3.75

fast-paced

dr4manrx's review against another edition

3.0

challenging slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mimela78's review against another edition

3.0

emotional lighthearted slow-paced

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The stories of all the tenants in the Spoon River cemetery.  Very entertaining  

circuit333's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

kpdoessomereading's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

jacquet_mipa's review against another edition

3.5

dark funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

sconesaregood's review against another edition

3.0

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The cumulative effect of the poems was very well done, but individually I definitely liked some more than the others.

katymaryreads's review against another edition

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I just wasn't enjoying this. The stories weren't that interesting, and I didn't really care about the people.