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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
Great opening sentence - "'I write this sitting in the kitchen sink".
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
When I first started listening to this, I thought I was going to love this book. The narrator and the writing was good. But it was the characters that undid it for me. This is the diary of a seventeen year old and by the end of the novel, I was ready to be done with her and her lack of growth. This brings up the question of how do you rate a book when you thought the writing was good but the characters had no real depth, were overall dull and the main character was selfish and self-absorbed. Stephen was the only character I still liked by the end of the novel. I have wanted to read this for a while and I am disappointed that the beginning didn't live up to the rest of the novel.
adventurous
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
the things about this book that i found dissatisfying (the central romance for one) were completely outweighed by everything else about it. what a charmer & hilarious as well! i love a coming of age story.
besides a fun coming of age story, also a great parable of how to get unstuck from a writer's block. (Write: "the cat sat on the mat" over and over...)
Hilarious, beautifully written coming-of-age story. Adding the film to my "watch over Christmas" list
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
„You lose yourself in something beyond yourself and it‘s a lovely rest“
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January‘s pick for #filthybookclub was Dodie Smith‘s I Capture The Castle. Smith wrote this during the Second World War whilst living in America. It follows the Montmain family who are down on their luck. The story is written from the perspective of Cassandra, she chronicles day to day life as the family scrimp and save wherever they can. Her father had written a very successful book however he is suffering from writers block. His second wife, Topaz is struggling to be a good stepparent to Cassandra, her sister Rose and their brother Thomas. Everything changes when the owner of the castle they are living dies and the family who inherited it come over from America.
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This book was wild. It was all over the place and reading everything from Cassandra‘s perspective was interesting. The family were very much trying to seem like the Buckets from Keeping Up Appearances. It was surprisingly easy to pick up but also I got over it really quickly? By the end I was thinking „come on and end already“
funny
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Really enjoyed this - such a sweet narrator, loved the descriptions of pagan rites and the love of her home.
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated