basilisareads's reviews
64 reviews

You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir by Maggie Smith

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

3.75

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman

challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.25

Needful Things by Stephen King

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
Did not finish book. Stopped at 26%.

Agonizingly slow placed with no significant plot developments yet 

Sold by Patricia McCormick by Patricia McCormick, Patricia McCormick

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

11/22/63 by Stephen King

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

It could be like 300 pages shorter for sure 

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

A Tiny Upward Shove by Melissa Chadburn

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective slow-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

3.5

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75