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Another Country by James Baldwin

anabradley's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

5.0

dinara221b's review

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challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

rawleyloftus's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional sad 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

4.75

vickvickvick's review against another edition

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5.0

Brutal. Pulls no punches. Easily one of the best books ever written 

ellagrierson1's review against another edition

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challenging reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

hemaaram's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

lpawade's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

avabevs's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

worldsworstreader's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Though I loved Giovanni’s Room, and was excited to read Another Country, upon reading I found it to be pessimistic, fatalistic, violent, cruel, and lonely. I was not invested in the characters like I had been when reading Giovanni’s Room. I thought they were flat and uninspiring, and much less real than David, Giovanni, and Hella had been. I thought the writing was tired and disjointed, and I found it much less impactful than James Baldwin’s other work I’ve read (Giovanni’s Room and The Fire Next Time). Honestly I thought there was quite a big comparison between Another Country itself and Vivaldo’s unfinishable and lacklustre novel. There were a few lines I quite liked: “so long, genius” from Ellis to Vivaldo; and “he wanted to leave before Jane precipitated a race riot” about Vivaldo. I didn’t much like Another Country, but I still love James Baldwin as an author and look forward to reading the rest of his works.

franwyyazg's review against another edition

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challenging emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.75