pinkcoded's reviews
10 reviews

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

3.75

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The Fall by Albert Camus

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.25

jesus christ this book was good. it’s all about the judge…

A Visitor's Guide to Victorian England by Michelle Higgs

informative slow-paced

3.0

i needed like a snappy social history introduction to the period and this served really well. it was a bit annoying that it kept jumping around from early 1800s all the way to the beginning of the 20th century but that’s fine they can’t be that specific in a 200 page book i guess.

A Mist of Prophecies by Steven Saylor

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

worst roma sub rosa book. i love the series but i hated this one actually. idk what happened but it made me sooo mad forever. 

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

medium-paced

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

1.5

i honestly like. just don’t like the book because the prose is bad. there are a million other ways i could justify it but really the prose is just bad and it all comes down to that. 

Metamorphoses by Ovid

adventurous challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

i read this over the course of a few months and some of the stories are like. standout compared to others. it’s super long so it’s a slog to try and get through, but reading one a day really does get you through it and have you coming out wanting more of it. 

That Tyrant, Persuasion: How Rhetoric Shaped the Roman World by J E Lendon

informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.5

this was genuinely such an interesting read!!!! i was not expecting to enjoy it as much as i did, but it was sooo compelling. suddenly i understand how rhetoric impacted people’s lives. i understand how it impacts MY life. lendon’s prose style is so good he honestly could make you care about just about anything just because he writes so well.

Night at the Museum: A Junior Novelization by Leslie Goldman

fast-paced

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

2.5

cries and cries and cries and cries. SO glad they changed some of this when they made the movie.  

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Did not finish book.

literally hated this book!!!! we read it in english. 

No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

usually im not a big rereader, but this one i had to read twice in short sucession. it was really good, probably one of the first books i’ve enjoyed in a while. i still don’t feel like i have discovered every subtext and underlying meaning in it, so i think im due for another run through soon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Death

Moderate: Child death