emric's reviews
28 reviews

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

4.75

Thoroughly enjoyed the victorian prose Emily Brontë had to offer.  Nelly Dean is a real trooper dealing with these people

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Beastly by Alex Flinn
Did not finish book.

The Hobbit: or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

4.25

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

3.0

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

2.5

Hemingway’s proses are overly simplistic and repetitive. The dialogue is stilted and cringe. The only reason I was able to finish this book was because I’m a literary masochist. 

The Godfather: 50th Anniversary Edition by Mario Puzo

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

Rachel Carson: The Writer at Work by Paul Brooks

informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

dark emotional sad fast-paced

3.5

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

adventurous challenging informative reflective tense slow-paced

5.0