readabilitea's Reviews (427)

The Art of Libromancy: On Selling Books and Reading Books in the Twenty-First Century

Josh Cook

3.25

informative reflective medium-paced

The Black Bird Oracle

Deborah Harkness

3.0

adventurous mysterious relaxing slow-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

Want

Gillian Anderson

3.75

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

3.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Deesha Philyaw

4.0

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Art Thief

Michael Finkel

5.0

informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Gripping and absolutely riveting in a stranger-than-fiction way, I couldn't put this down. I raced through it in 2 days and couldn't help regularly pausing to read out passages to my partner. It's propulsive and reads like a thriller in many ways, but it is also an empathetic, measured portrait of Stéphane Breitwieser.