8.96k reviews for:

Stoner

John Williams

4.35 AVERAGE

katzmb429's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

zero_point_zero's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bkovach13's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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9/10. Beautifully written book. Stoner’s character is perfectly real, flaws and all. Quite a bleak depiction of life. Everything is described with extreme clarity, not masked with fluffy language.

r_higgins's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

edwardgrey's review against another edition

5.0

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One of the first books I had heard about back in 2018 when I started getting into reading, I have had this book on my to-read list for a really long time. Lovely book, you can tell the writer really loved literature and knew his stuff. Very beautifully written, some parts feel like they are really ahead of their time. The fact that this was written in 1965 really blew my mind. It feels like in some ways it's even more relevant nowadays.

gellibean's review against another edition

4.5

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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boy failure in marriage, fatherhood, career, and life. 

isamarirubi's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-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

nwfalens's review against another edition

3.75

medium-paced

bertraccoon's review against another edition

5.0

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In his forty-third year William Stoner learned what others, much younger, had learned before him: that the person one loves at first is not the person one loves at last, and that love is not an end but a process through which one person attempts to know another ❤️

henzerink's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective 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