roshnimc's reviews
84 reviews

His Good Opinion: A Mr. Darcy Novel by Nancy Kelley

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

3.0

Not a bad fan fiction of P&P

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Did not finish book. Stopped at 9%.

Paused to complete my other reading 

Lady Susan by Jane Austen

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

Early Austen writing and you can see the wit and the sharp acerbic quality. But the story itself is simple and I'm not fond of the epistolary style.

Middlemarch by George Eliot
Did not finish book. Stopped at 25%.

Paused to finish other reads

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.

Found it very insipid and I can't be bothered reading a whole series of this 

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Did not finish book. Stopped at 17%.

Good story, light read. Pausing to complete other reads.

The Red Pony by John Steinbeck

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

Steinbeck's writing is powerful. The violence of the animal deaths really got to me though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death

The Guide by R.K. Narayan

lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

2.5

I notice that, similar to Foster, Keegan leaves the novel inconclusive; she prefers not to wrap up what appears is inevitable to happen. She implies but then shys away from giving us the ending. 

Summer by Edith Wharton

emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.25

It was obviously an unsatisfactory ending though inevitable. I felt that there could have been a better wrap up.