mythili's Reviews (528)

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

5.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

George Saunders

5.0

slow-paced

The Satapur Moonstone

Sujata Massey

4.5

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: Yes

Madonna in a Fur Coat

Sabahattin Ali

4.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This tiny book carries so much weight. I can't stop thinking about the writer of this book – what Ms. Harvey knows, loves, enjoys, despairs – to be able to write this book. I was lifted into some strange space as I read this, wafting along with her words, page after page, going where she instructs me to. The entire book had a liminal nature to it that I am a huge sucker for.