victoriabriar's reviews
8 reviews

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

dark emotional 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

5.0

This had me emotional for days afterwards !!! I literally cried at least 7 times and the most I’ve ever cried in a book is once and never after I’ve finished it! The will broke my heart 😭

Pie for Everyone: Recipes and Stories from Petee's Pie, New York's Best Pie Shop by Petra Paredez

informative

5.0

Omg!!!!! This book is AWESOME !!! It will make you a better cook!! It helped me finally make a good butter pie crust !!!

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

5.0

One of my favourite books!!

The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers by Will Durant

challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

This book is sooooooo thought provoking it’s almost too much !!! I had to stop and learn about the different philosophies as I read because I had zero knowledge of philosophy before I started ! It was excellent overall and I loved it!!

All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

adventurous emotional reflective 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? No

4.5

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro

informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

I’m giving this book a perfect score more from my love of Robert Moses which I developed from reading this book than to the actual content of the book. My impression is that Robert Caro didn’t actually like Robert Moses and didn’t really understand him, he gives so much detail in his description of Battery Park 🥱 yet not enough detail about the actual man. You didn’t feel that you really knew Moses even after three volumes. It was as if his greatness was so incredible that other people couldn’t stand their feelings of mediocrity by comparison. They tried to diminish him and succeeded in the end. 

Walden by Henry David Thoreau

slow-paced

2.0

I didn’t like this book at all, the premise was fantastic but the delivery and actual experience were disappointing. 

Caesar's Commentaries: On The Gallic War and On The Civil War by Julius Caesar

adventurous challenging informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

The fact that it’s written by Julius Caesar himself gave me a thrill every time I read ‘I’ 😍