larryebonilla's reviews
44 reviews

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

4.0

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

4.0

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

5.0

The First Man by Albert Camus

5.0

Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut

5.0

Vonnegut narrates the effects of disregarding your passions and family for the sake of a political body or ideal through Howard Campbell Jr., formerly a US spy uncover as a Nazi Propagandist during World War II. Throughly a humorous read with a flare of a seriousness.

Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion

4.0

Malaise is encapsulated in to Didion’s writing. A unique experience of short chapters with vignettes of dread, with hardly any  good things happening, makes for a tragic ending.

Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Need to reread because I needed to read it for second but I procrastinated it, so I didn’t absorb as much as I’d like from this book. 

Animal Farm by George Orwell

4.0

Orwell tackles fascinating socio-political themes of power through language presented in a very digestible compelling format.

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

4.0

My introduction to Vonnegut’s work. Compelling exploration of the consequences of war and, generally, the effect on the human in traumatic situations.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

challenging reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0