roshnimc's Reviews (122)

The Bell Jar

3.0

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

There is some beautiful imagery and we know that this book is largely autobiographical, so it's a stream of consciousness writing. I would like to say that I liked it but honestly, I never really connected with it except for a few instances of the imagery I mentioned.

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The Outsiders

S.E. Hinton

3.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Decent book, though not a re-read.

The Heart of a Goof

P.G. Wodehouse

4.5

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Hilarious! The first few stories did lose me for a bit with the gold details that, I dare say, were intentionally placed, but the comedy is pure gold!

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

4.0

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

A brilliant portayal of some of humanity's worst instincts - this a tale of sorrow, depravity and revengeful malevolence evocatively portrayed. To depict it to be a romance novel would be a travesty.

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The Shadow of the Wind

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

DID NOT FINISH: 28%

Could not get into it

Clouds of Witness

Dorothy L. Sayers

3.0

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

It started off very promisingly but the conclusion was not very satisfactory and the whole explanation was quite convoluted.

James

Percival Everett

3.75

dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

A good retelling. I did think that the relationship of James and Huck need not have been what it was - it would have given further depth to James' actions to protect Huck.

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