strawberry_fields_forever's Reviews (78)

Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project

Dave Isay

3.75

funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

If We Were Villains

M.L. Rio

4.5

The Miracle of Language

Richard Lederer

3.75

Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility: the stage play

Paula K. Parker

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She a baddie

I Miss You, I Hate This

Sara Saedi

3.25

emotional funny inspiring sad 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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Lwk I cried while reading this

My Name Is Rachel Corrie

Rachel Corrie

5.0

Cleopatra and Frankenstein

Coco Mellors

3.75

dark emotional funny 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

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Daniel James Brown

funny hopeful informative reflective relaxing slow-paced

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I have no clue what to rate this. I find this book incredibly well written if nothing else. Few authors can make me enjoy many characters for 816 pages. Her use of perspective and false narratives are probably my favorite part of my book. Her ability to allow a person to engage in a character so fully as she did is so impressive. I think it’s close minded to say she uses trauma to shock her readers. Her writing is telling the character story, filled with trauma or not. The author encapsulates character, emotion, and objective wonderfully.

The Little Big Things: The Inspirational Memoir of the Year

Henry Fraser

4.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced