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112 reviews

Eva Luna by Isabel Allende

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adventurous emotional reflective 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? No

4.0

everything allende writes is so beautiful, it transports you into her world and her characters as if they were places and people you have known your whole life
Metamorphoses by Ovid

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

i know i will reread this, maybe im juat a nerd but this was an easier read than i expected a 2000 year old classic to be
Paradise Lost by John Milton

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dark reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

if i read this in an academic setting i think i would of loved it, but the language was a bit to much for me to understand 
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann

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adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

3.5

for someone who never reads non-fiction i was pleasantly surprised. this was such an interesting read, written in a way that kept the suspense going and making me want to keep reading
The Rule of Law by Tom Bingham

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informative slow-paced

4.0

read this for my personal statement, an easy to understand and very informative explanation of the rule of law
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

a confusing read but definitely worth it, the progress of myshkin’s character is beautifully done, dostoyevsky is truly a genius
Atonement by Ian McEwan

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dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

his way of describing what is happening is truly amazing, yet i simply didn’t care that much about the characters 
La Casa de los Espíritus by Isabel Allende

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challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

No tengo suficientes palabras para expresar lo hermoso que es este libro, una mezcla perfecta de realismo magico y el violento desarollo de la política chilena de la epoca. la manera en que allende describe lo que sucede es tan vivida que uno se logra sumergir por completo en el libro. 
The Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

had me actually scared to keep reading 
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

i wanted to like this book so much but it was just meh
it answered one question by creating ten new ones and i simply didn’t care enough about the characters to want to keep reading