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4.35 AVERAGE
4.35 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is the kind of book that you finish and it’s taken you so thoroughly you don’t really know what to do with yourself and you just have to sit and process it for a while.
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A book unlike one I have read before. John Williams truly captures the melancholy of a young man, moving into adulthood. I was left with questions, and I suppose that's life.
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
inspiring
reflective
I'm not sure what I can say that hasn't already been said by thousand others. This is a perfect novel. Hats off sir.
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a campus novel that does not glorify academia; but neither does it deride it. William Stoner defines himself by his work as an English professor, even giving up the great love of his life so that neither of them have to sacrifice their academic careers. And yet, the content of his academic career beyond departmental politics is not really explored in any depth. Instead it is just the extraneous details of a man’s life and how he’s managed to find meaning in it. The mundanity of his life being set against the back drop of two world wars that he doesn’t participate in makes it the opposite of a hero’s story, but one that’s imminently relatable and meaningful all the same, even in its smallness and the lack of grandiosity.
It reminded me of Remains of the Day by Ishiguro in a lot of ways.
It reminded me of Remains of the Day by Ishiguro in a lot of ways.