sgwillym's reviews
339 reviews

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Go to review page

emotional funny relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town by Barbara Demick

Go to review page

informative inspiring reflective sad

4.5

Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

Go to review page

slow-paced

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

2.5

No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

Go to review page

challenging emotional sad

4.0

Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West by Catherine Belton

Go to review page

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

Go to review page

emotional sad

4.5

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Go to review page

adventurous mysterious

4.0

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

Go to review page

challenging dark informative reflective sad

3.75

Hiroshima by John Hersey

Go to review page

dark informative

4.25

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Go to review page

challenging dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0