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27 reviews

The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness by Epictetus

hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

3.75

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

Super fun and exciting. Love mat and actually really enjoyed the three girls story line in this book!

The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Actually so insane plot twists super high heroic moments! Amazing character work, much better than many lit fiction books I’ve read, but again he had thousands of pages to do so. Love Love Love!

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

really good start to the series and cant wait to start the next one!

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

adventurous emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

The Odyssey by Homer

adventurous emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

Read for my intro philosophy class enjoyed it a lot