danielmolloy's reviews
299 reviews

Misery by Stephen King

dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

this book fucking rules all others.  meditations on addiction, on gratitude, on what it means to create art, on creativity, on writing (of course), on not writing, on perseverance, on being indebted to your own imagination.  on number-one fans.

Are You Willing to Die for the Cause? by Chris Oliveros

informative medium-paced

4.0

a really incredibly interesting way to get a glancing look at a formative canadian event that we really get very little to no education about (at least in my experience on the west coast).

The Green Mile, Part 6: Coffey on the Mile by Stephen King

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

knowing what's coming doesn't stop me from collapsing into tears, apparently

The Green Mile, Part 5: Night Journey by Stephen King

dark mysterious 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

4.0

great bit of uplifting fiction before the inevitable slide to misery 😭

North Korea Journal by Michael Palin

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

beautifully done and very very simple.  i will read anything michael palin writes ever.

The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix by Stephen King

dark sad 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? Yes

4.75

the way i tense up all over even though i know exactly what's coming.....

The Green Mile, Part 3: Coffey's Hands by Stephen King

mysterious 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

MR. JINGLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

how can this story STILL make me so tense even after all of these years??

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

dark funny fast-paced

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

5.0

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, MONTRESOR!

The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

dark fast-paced

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

4.5

i love this one so muuuuuuuch it's just pure gothic!!