reading_and_wrighting's Reviews (341)

Where the Dead Sit Talking

Brandon Hobson

3.5

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

From a Buick 8

Stephen King

3.0

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

5.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Iron Widow

Xiran Jay Zhao

5.0

adventurous dark emotional fast-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

Invisible Monsters

Chuck Palahniuk

4.25

dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Inherit the Wind: The Powerful Courtroom Drama in Which Two Men Wage the Legal War of the Century

Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee

4.0

tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Letters to a Young Scientist

Edward O. Wilson

3.5

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

Gabrielle Zevin

4.0

emotional funny inspiring medium-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

Wonder

R.J. Palacio

3.5

funny hopeful inspiring 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: Complicated