daimencianci's Reviews (195)

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

4.0

hopeful informative

The Glass Hotel

Emily St. John Mandel

4.0

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Loveable characters: No

Passing

Nella Larsen

4.0

sad tense fast-paced

Table for Two

Amor Towles

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective

Candide

Voltaire

4.0

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

The Book of Goose

Yiyun Li

5.0

emotional funny reflective sad

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

This Side of Paradise

F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.5

emotional reflective sad

Plot or Character Driven: Character

The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil

George Saunders

4.0

dark funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Independent People

Halldór Laxness

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Houseguest: And Other Stories

Amparo Dávila

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced