aclassicalmess's Reviews (165)

adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Stay. Stay, stay, stay.

I thought the books started good and then got extremely slow in the middle. However, the last 100 pages made me feel things that books have not brought out of me in a long while.
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I was his and he was mine, and we were the beginning and middle and end. We were a song that had been sung from the very first ember of light in the world.
reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

That afternoon Garret hummed a Brandenburg concerto while he worked the gardens, Dolores whispered fragments of Shakespeare to herself while she swept the concourse floors, the children practiced swordplay with sticks.”

Survival is insufficient.
funny lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Those solemn but sweet organ notes had set up a revolution in him.
reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

It was love. Something older than humanity, more ancient than the desert.
informative reflective sad medium-paced

Once upon a time there was a war, but so long ago and so shouldered out of the way by other wars and other kinds of wars that even people who were there are apt to forget.
adventurous fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Ashe, could I borrow you for a moment?” she asked.

“Of course, Lady Matisse,” the Seon said. “What do you need?”

“Something simple, really,” Matisse said. “But it might just help. . . .”
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Eternity ended ten years ago.
reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I’ve been it — lots of times. But I’ve never seen it. And now it isn’t what I want to see. I wouldn’t ever be able to see it now. I simply want to see how people walk and what their clothes and shoes and hats are made of. And their eyes and hands. Would you mind shaking hands with me?

Had to read this for my university’s matching procedure.
challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Among these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries; whom mankind have considered, not as the pupil, but as the slave of science; doomed only to remove rubbish and clear obstruction from the paths of Genius and Learning, who press forward to conquest and glory, without bestowing a smile on the humble drudge that facilitates their progress.