californiagrown's Reviews (118)

The Mother Earth News [Magazine] - The First 12 Issues of the Mother Earth News From 1970

The Mother Earth News

The Same Moon Shines on All: The Lives and Selected Poems of Yanagawa Seigan and Kōran

Jonathan Chaves, Yanagawa Seigan, Matthew Fraleigh

5.0

The Angry Hills

Leon Uris

1.0

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: Complicated

This reads like a much larger book that’s been chopped away by a cleaver-swinging editor to make it come in under 300 pages. I love Uris but this is a very strangely edited book.

The Undead Day Thirteen

R.R. Haywood

4.75

adventurous dark funny tense fast-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

The Undead Day Four

R.R. Haywood

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder

David Grann

4.5

adventurous dark informative tense medium-paced

The Undead: The First Seven Days

R.R. Haywood

adventurous funny fast-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 Undead Day One

R.R. Haywood

adventurous funny tense fast-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

Survival

Adrienne Lecter

4.5

adventurous funny tense fast-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

Shattered Hourglass

J.L. Bourne

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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