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katherineellen's reviews
31 reviews
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
“Life is just one small piece of light between two eternal darknesses.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Murder, and Pedophilia
M Train by Patti Smith
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
“It’s not so easy writing about nothing.”
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
“I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical, naked.”
The Most of Nora Ephron by Nora Ephron
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
“Some people when they have taken too much and have been driven beyond the point of endurance, simply crumble and give up. There are others, though they are not many, who will for some reason always be unconquerable. You meet them in time of war and also in time of peace. They have an indomitable spirit and nothing, neither pain nor torture nor threat of death, will cause them to give up.”
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (And Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
“But life doesn’t often spell things out for you, or give you what you want exactly when you want it, otherwise it wouldn’t be called life, it would be called vending machine.”
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest and Murder
Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol
The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
“She wasn’t so much afraid of dying as she was of forgetting to live her life. Somewhere along the way, she’d forgotten to figure out who she was or what she wanted to be when she grew up.”
Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
“Everything everyone does is so- I don’t know- not wrong, or even mean, or even stupid necessarily. But just so tiny and meaningless- and sad making. And the worst part is, if you go bohemian or something crazy like that, you’re conforming just as much as everybody else, only in a different way.”