nitroglycerin's Reviews (952)

Starling

Sarah Jane Butler

4.0

emotional reflective sad 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

Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans

Elise Downing

5.0

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Homesick: Why I Live in a Shed

Catrina Davies

4.25

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Wild Fell

Lee Schofield

5.0

hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

21st-Century Yokel

Tom Cox

5.0

funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

Incredibly amusing and well worth listening to Toms own narration of the book. His impressions of his own dad are hilarious and the book as a whole had me laugh out loud more than once.

Beautiful World, Where Are You

Sally Rooney

3.75

reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Two unlikable girls and two likeable boys hang out and fall in love and it’s a happy ending despite the girls being classic literary sad girls. Still very readable but you can’t help but feel like Rooney is trying to sound more intelligent than you are. While I enjoyed reading it, I don’t get the mega hype of Rooney and for Irish love stories I’d recommend Emer McLysaght instead. Far more amusing and less pretentiousness.