anderskev's Reviews (364)

Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett

James R. Knowlson

3.75

emotional informative slow-paced

Lion

Sonya Walger

4.5

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America

Nancy Isenberg

3.75

informative medium-paced

Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters

Richard P. Rumelt

3.75

informative medium-paced

Brideshead Revisited

Evelyn Waugh

3.5

emotional sad slow-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

The Mystery Guest

Grégoire Bouillier

4.25

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

White Malice: the CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa

Susan Williams

3.75

informative medium-paced

All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age

Hubert L. Dreyfus, Sean Dorrance Kelly

4.0

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen

Jacques Pépin

3.75

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai Gogol

3.75

dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Complicated