lynnenad's reviews
156 reviews

adventurous tense fast-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

4.0

Not high literature but a solid, well written sci-fi. Essentially a story of human interactions in a futuristic Earth dystopia. Kept me happily turning pages until the very end.

I was seriously worried that all my favourite characters were going to die. (They didn’t).

Hawkes Harbor by S.E. Hinton

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 35%.

Badly written

History of the Rain by Niall Williams

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I largely enjoyed this book but not as much as This Is Happiness by the same author. This book was written before This Is Happiness but is also set in the fictional Irish village of Faha. In this book, the story is narrated by Ruth. She is a convincing character with a good story to tell (essentially her family history) but her voice is quite irritating, with many asides and sentences that are often a paragraph long.
Overall though a good story with a lot to say about storytelling and the drive of creation

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The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber

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emotional lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.0

Dickens with sex. It was ok. A fun read I guess. Like watching a second rate tv series with bad actors

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Butcher's Crossing by John Williams

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adventurous emotional informative tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Loved this book even more than Stoner. My word this author can write. Flawless. IMO.

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Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi

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lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Fairy Tale by Stephen King

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

This was a fun read. Not a horror story although there are some scary critters in it. It reads like a YA novel but I enjoyed it. Not great literature but we’ll constructed and fast moving

To See Every Bird On Earth A Father, A Son And A Lifelong Obsession by Dan Koeppel

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informative reflective slow-paced

2.0

This book read like a therapy session for the son who had not yet forgiven his parents for divorcing. I wanted to know about the birds

The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine by Alexander McCall Smith

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funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced