chris_mcc's Reviews (583)

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories

Lucia Berlin

3.0

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad 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

Young Skins: Stories

Colin Barrett

3.0

dark emotional tense fast-paced

Blood Music

Greg Bear

3.0

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Homesick for Another World

Ottessa Moshfegh

3.0

medium-paced

Battleborn

Claire Vaye Watkins

5.0

dark emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

The Usual Desire to Kill

Camilla Barnes

3.0

funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

No Gods, No Monsters

Cadwell Turnbull

DID NOT FINISH: 60%

Friends of the Museum

Heather McGowan

5.0

emotional funny tense 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: Complicated

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Adam Higginbotham

3.0

informative medium-paced