metaphoricallysam's Reviews (170)

The Idiot

Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.75

dark funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book sucked me in! I was always a bit intimidated by Russian classics, especially after my miserable experience with War and Peace, but the flow, the pacing, the characters were all so well thought out and intricate. I loved the drama, I loved the suspense, I loved the complicated women, the one dimensional men. It was all so vivid, it felt like watching an HBO series. 

P.S. did anyone else get a little bit of a gay vibe between Rogozhin and Myshkin? 

Bobok

Fyodor Dostoevsky

5.0

dark funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

White Nights

Fyodor Dostoevsky

3.75

reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It was SO SENTIMENTAL.

Orlando

Virginia Woolf

4.0

funny mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I was so confused the whole time. It was very funny and satirical. I loved Orlando more as a woman than a man.

Animal Farm

George Orwell

3.25

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Promise

Damon Galgut

dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

Les Misérables Volume One

Victor Hugo

3.0

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

5.0

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Almond

Won-pyung Sohn

4.75

hopeful inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

3.0

challenging informative slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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He likes to ramble.