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Stella Maris

Cormac McCarthy

3.87 AVERAGE

bookswithlydscl's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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

I haven't read The Passenger so I have no connection to the story or characters so for me this was essentially a blank slate and I enjoyed it. I listened to the audiobook as I saw Julia Whelan was one of the narrators and I adore her! Both narrators were excellent and I really liked it being purely casefiles made up of interviews.
There's a story but this is more a deep dive into mathematics, mental health and philosophical musings around life.

wcalcote_62's review against another edition

5.0

Haunting, gorgeous, devastating. Infinitely rereadable. The passenger and Stella Maris are a devastating one two punch, and some of my favorite fiction of all time.

taylorswope's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad 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

hansmoleman's review against another edition

3.25

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

An interesting addition to The Passenger, gives a perspective on Alice's life and how she viewed bobby as a person. Would note that, like The Passenger with physics, there is an even larger amount of Maths philosophy in the book. As I am not a mathematician I found it hard to follow. It is very philosophical book as a whole and does give different perspective on mental health as a whole. My final point would be in an ideal world you would read The Passenger first, Stella Maris second and then The Passenger again to give best insight into the emotions that Bobby felt through the novel.

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