joannemae 's review for:

Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

1.0

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Very character driven, which means next to nothing when the characters are so shallow and uninteresting. Paired with the admittedly beautiful prose, it just lends itself to be a very pretentious book with very little substance to back it up.

Also, I rolled my eyes every time they said Katey Kontent's name and it gave me a massive headache. This is the type of name I gave my Hunger Games Mary Sue OC when I was 13.