postmodernblues's Reviews (465)

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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I'm just not a fan of religious allegory at all. I'm sorry guys but by the end I was rolling my eyes. I'm still giving it 3 stars 'cause it's Hemingway and his writing is still killer.
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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
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Listening to these books with Tim Curry as the narrator is such a profound joy.
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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
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

The mechanics of the time loop were interesting, but the characters were uncompelling and inconsistent.
adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The titular story is decent; the two other stories were duds unfortunately
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“And you could see the diminished Belushi in some of the bleary Chicago scenes, stuffed up and somnambulant in Elwood’s apartment, sleepwalking through the gas-station sequence. Maybe those dark glasses, so reviled by the critics, were a blessing. They hid John’s sickness.”  — Daniel de Visé, The Blues Brothers, page 295

Exuberant and thoughtful and damn near everything I wanted it to be. de Visé takes such care with the story and all its moving parts, not to mention with the trajectories of Dan, John, and all the other players.  Finally, we’ve got a definitive Blues Brothers bible.