sable_weisman's Reviews (126)

The Hollow Places

T. Kingfisher

3.75

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The Bee Sting

Paul Murray

4.5

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Uncultured

Daniella Mestyanek Young

2.5

dark reflective slow-paced

The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage

Anthony Brandt

4.0

informative reflective sad medium-paced

Bel Canto

Ann Patchett

4.0

emotional reflective 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: Yes

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Loved it with the exception of the epilogue. 

Icebound in the Arctic: The Mystery of Captain Francis Crozier and the Franklin Expedition

Michael Smith

4.5

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

Run

Ann Patchett

2.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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So sad. I love all of Ann Pratchett's other books but this one is just, frankly, not good. It's poorly written, predictable, the characters are flat and one-dimensional, and it never really grabs the reader. 

Barkskins

Annie Proulx

5.0

The Overstory

Richard Powers

5.0

Always and Forever, Lara Jean

Jenny Han

5.0