martinalitty's Reviews (82)

Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Autobiography of Red

Anne Carson

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

If Beale Street Could Talk

James Baldwin

5.0

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Story of a New Name

Elena Ferrante

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Bestiary: Poems

Donika Kelly

emotional medium-paced

The Lost Daughter

Elena Ferrante

5.0

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen

lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Lo: Poems

Melissa Crowe

emotional hopeful medium-paced

Sibley's Birding Basics

David Allen Sibley

informative medium-paced