elzbethmrgn's Reviews (667)

Children of Time

Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.5

adventurous challenging medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Olga Tokarczuk

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals

E. P. Evans

2.0

informative medium-paced

An excellent work on animal prosecution in from Medieval to Modern Europe (and elsewhere), but it's currently 112 years old (first published in 1906 and expanding on work published in 1884), and although it is a great compilation of the source material, the theory is clearly obsolete in many respects. Interesting that no one has attempted to update it.

The Echo of Old Books

Barbara Davis

DID NOT FINISH: 7%

Terrible. The exposition and infodumping is as subtle as a brick; the book within the book with the tale of how two of the characters met and carried on a romance, written from the POV of one to the other. Why? She was literally there? You didn't have to write a book to her about how you met her?
Thanks, I hate it.