Average: 72%
A reportedly important book about the life of a bisexual man, though some reviewers said some of the “coincidences” throughout the novel were a little too neat and the social commentary was too obvious.
Category Archive: Rated C
‘Calico Joe’ by John Grisham: C+ (75%) – Aggregate Book Review
Average: 75%
This book is reportedly pretty melodramatic. Endearingly so, but one of the reviewers called it basically a Hallmark-style baseball story, and most reviews reflected that to some degree.
‘City of Dragons’ by Robin Hobb: C (68%) – Aggregate Book Review
Average: 68%
Those who already love the world this author has created (probably) won’t be disappointed, but a few bloggers saw this as a frustrating road-to-nowhere, with no character development and no plot for it to stand on its own.
‘Longing’ by Karen Kingsbury: C (67%) – Aggregate Book Review
Average: 67%
Bloggers alternated between those who said it was an excellent continuation to the series and those who said it has lost any aspect of realism since it mimics the author’s own (allegedly perfect) life so much.
‘Into the Silence’ by Wade Davis: C (73%) – Aggregate Book Review
Average: 73%
A meticulously researched book, it’s very interesting and has considerable depth, though many reviewers found the length and the focus on WWI in the first half of the book to be a bit overwhelming.
‘A Train in Winter’ by Caroline Moorehead: C+ (75%) – Aggregate Book Review
Average: 75%
An important novel about the holocaust, many reviewers took issue with the multitude of names to keep track with in the first half, though most enjoyed the book when it focused on the friendship of a smaller group in the second half.
‘The Buddha in the Attic’ by Julie Otsuka: A (89%) – Aggregate Book Review
Excellent: 89%
A poetic novel about “picture brides” from Japan in the early 1900s, a couple of the reviewers mentioned feeling emotionally manipulated by the novel, though the vast majority praised it for making a relatively unknown portion of American history into a captivating story.
‘The Night Eternal’ by Guillermo Del Toro: C (70%) – Aggregate Book Review
Average: 70%
A fitting end to this series of vampire novels, though a few bloggers were upset with the larger role God played in this novel and some annoying characters.
‘Seriously…I’m Kidding’ by Ellen DeGeneres: C (71%) – Aggregate Book Review
Average: 71%
A very witty and mostly-entertaining book, though some reviewers complained that she was not personal enough in her stories and that the book was fundamentally about nothing.
‘Kill Alex Cross’ by James Patterson: C (69%) – Aggregate Book Review
Average: 69%
Bloggers were very divided over this 18th Alex Cross book. Some said it was one of his best that restored their faith in the series, and others said he was just phoning it in and they hope the next is better.
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