chris_mcc's Reviews (577)

The Usual Desire to Kill

Camilla Barnes

3.0

funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

No Gods, No Monsters

Cadwell Turnbull

DID NOT FINISH: 60%

Friends of the Museum

Heather McGowan

5.0

emotional funny tense medium-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: Complicated

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Adam Higginbotham

3.0

informative medium-paced

The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914

Christopher Clark

4.0

challenging informative slow-paced

Abundance

Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson

3.0

hopeful informative fast-paced

Ishmael

Daniel Quinn

2.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Exodus: The Archimedes Engine

Peter F. Hamilton

2.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

Sarah Wynn-Williams

4.0

dark informative medium-paced

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

3.0

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes