adventurous funny tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous medium-paced

Read this to better understand the new book, James.
This was good. I liked it better than Tom Sawyer.
adventurous challenging dark hopeful informative reflective relaxing tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark funny hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous funny

Was somewhat funny and somewhat emotional too. Most definitely problematic. Really just read it as preparation for reading James
adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Kind of half-listened and cliffsnotes read this in preparation for reading “James” so not sure if I can fairly rate.
adventurous lighthearted reflective relaxing tense medium-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
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I only made it to page 80, and cannot physically bring myself to scrape my eyes across another "by and by." The basic slapstick humor doesn't appeal to me in the least bit.