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aclassicalmess's Reviews (165)
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
‘I’ll love you in the rain and in the snow and in the hail and - what else is there?’
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I almost forgot to breathe. For a moment I had an inkling of what it might be like if instead of two people in The World. There were thousands.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
‘I was as unburdened as a piece of dandelion fluff, and he was the wind that stirred me around the world.’
informative
reflective
fast-paced
‘Gender forms the basis of sex. We are not born with gender already within us. We have penises, vaginas, breasts, beards, chromosomes, etc, but these things are not sex on their own. They are features of our biology, but we group them into sexes. When we call penises boy parts we are creating and imposing gender upon the body.’
While valid points were made and it was generally interesting to learn about how ‘sex serves to reinforce gender’, the history of our gender system, and why it is necessary to criticize gender as a social construct, the solution that the manifesto suggest may be a bit too radical.
While valid points were made and it was generally interesting to learn about how ‘sex serves to reinforce gender’, the history of our gender system, and why it is necessary to criticize gender as a social construct, the solution that the manifesto suggest may be a bit too radical.
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What we took for a docile, ordinary weight (gentle plunk, swift rush to the bottom, dark waters closing over without a trace) was in fact a depth charge, one that exploded quite without warning beneath the glassy surface, and the repercussions of which may not be entirely over, even now.
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
‘She doesn’t say - she doesn’t say - well, not whether she cares for me or not?’
Poirot turned back the pages.
‘I think you are mistaken, Hastings.’
‘Where?’ I cried, leaning forward eagerly.
Poirot smiled.
‘She tells you that in ever line of the letter, mon ami.’
Poirot turned back the pages.
‘I think you are mistaken, Hastings.’
‘Where?’ I cried, leaning forward eagerly.
Poirot smiled.
‘She tells you that in ever line of the letter, mon ami.’
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
‘I stayed here till it was dark, and the stars came out, and that night I resolved to be an astronomer.’
dark
tense
medium-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
Having Iago’s determination would make IB so much easier