postmodernblues's Reviews (465)

The Lucky Ones

Liz Lawson

2.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

How do you manage to incorporate both the surname Oppenheimer and the surname Teller in your YA book about school shootings?

Radio Silence

Alice Oseman

2.75

emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Pleasure of My Company

Steve Martin

3.0

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-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

I choose to believe this book takes place in the same universe as LA Story (1991).

Dumplin'

Julie Murphy

3.5

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

Edith Hamilton

4.0

adventurous challenging informative fast-paced

"Wickedness cannot be ended by wickedness." - Edith Hamilton, Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes, page 357

With the Fire on High

Elizabeth Acevedo

4.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I loved this way more than I expected to. Well worth a read!

Emmett

L.C. Rosen

1.75

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

3.25

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Tom Stoppard

5.0

challenging funny relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A postmodernist, Beckettian take on Hamlet? It's like, my dream come true! I annotated the hell out of this to use for my Hamlet essay. Thank you, Tom Stoppard! Oh my god!

The Man in the Brown Suit

Agatha Christie

3.5

adventurous challenging informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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