aclassicalmess's Reviews (165)

Evelina

Frances Burney

4.25

lighthearted 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: Yes

The Priory of the Orange Tree

Samantha Shannon

3.25

adventurous 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

The Bromance Book Club

Lyssa Kay Adams

DID NOT FINISH: 8%

The language was just too childish for my taste

Open Water

Caleb Azumah Nelson

3.5

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: Yes

You create a small world for yourselves, and for you both only, sitting on this sofa, looking out at a world which has a tendency to engulf even the most alive.

I wanted to love this I really did and while the writing is beautiful and I loved the parts that talked about mental health, I just could not get myself to care about the characters at all.

Dune

Frank Herbert

4.5

adventurous challenging slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A whispered command behind them demanded silence “the desert hears you!”

Anne of Green Gables

L.M. Montgomery

5.0

funny inspiring lighthearted reflective 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: Yes

Picked this up because spring felt like the perfect time to do so and this was just everything thing I never knew I needed. It felt the warmest hug possible and as a young person about to start living this could not have come at a better time as it is the perfect coming of age narrative.
Anne we’ll meet again.