itz_guntz's Reviews (63)

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Hubert Selby Jr.

4.0

challenging dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Do Not Sell at Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78rpm Records

Amanda Petrusich

4.5

informative reflective slow-paced

Wool

Hugh Howey

4.0

dark hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began

Art Spiegelman

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History

Art Spiegelman

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

Beloved

Toni Morrison

4.0

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Human Stain

Philip Roth

3.0

reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell

5.0

dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West

Cormac McCarthy

4.0

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

David Sedaris

4.0

dark funny lighthearted medium-paced