Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren

3 reviews

its_kievan's review against another edition

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

3.0

About 150 pages of the best political writing that I've ever read. Unfortunately, it's buried beneath another 350 pages of mind-numbing nonsense about What It All Means and an insanely tedious romance between a rambling sociopath and a woman who's hit so hard by the Madonna-whore complex that it feels like satire. So, y'know, mixed feelings.
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audiosuede's review against another edition

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

4.5

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reebeee's review against another edition

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

3.5

Lush prose and clever narration kept me reading this book to the end, despite it having no lovable characters for me to be invested it—as I told a friend, when I wasn’t actively reading it, I didn’t look forward to reading it, but as soon as I started reading it again I didn’t want to stop. Similar narrative and theme to The Great Gatsby and Citizen Kane; well-portrayed political intricacies in which no progress is made and you know you’re in for a depressing ending. Casual racism and misogyny abound. 
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