dcpotsubay's reviews
15 reviews

Purity by Jonathan Franzen

mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

For a character-driven book, Franzen can't write characters at all.

Musashi's Book of Five Rings: The Definitive Interpretation of Miyamoto Musashi's Classic Book of Strategy by Miyamoto Musashi, Stephen F. Kaufman

challenging hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

4.0

After the Circus by Patrick Modiano

adventurous lighthearted mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

2.0

The Housing Monster, Second Edition by prole. info prole.info prole.info

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

Tales of Old Japan: Folklore, Fairy Tales, Ghost Stories and Legends of the Samurai by A. B. Mitford

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

Peace by Peace: 99 Steps Toward Violence Prevention and De-Escalation by Ian Brennan

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.0

Russia Without Putin: Money, Power and the Myths of the New Cold War by Tony Wood

informative fast-paced

3.0

Machines in the Head: The Selected Short Writing of Anna Kavan by Anna Kavan

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.5

Experimental and mysterious prose. If Sylvia Plath and Franz Kafka had a baby, it might be Anna Kavan.

The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution by Christopher Hill

adventurous challenging informative slow-paced

4.5

First time reading the famous historian Hill. I love his unabashedly leftist lean on 17th century England. Though the prose is dry and dense, it's a fascinating book of radical English ideas from a bunch of Christian sects.

Plays of Euripides by James Morwood

adventurous challenging fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

The Iphigenia plays are the most interesting.