McTeague
Wow. This was the least-enjoyable book I’ve read in a long while. It reads like a horror-dystopian film with a green-black tint over every scene, and characters with…
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The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage started very poorly and got a little better over time, but not much. When I write reviews, especially less-than-favorable ones, my tendency is…
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
I must confess that it has been years since I’ve read Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and I did not re-read it for this week’s blog because I didn’t…
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Little Women
Little Women was not nearly as good as I remembered it, but at least it had a happy ending wherein everyone sat together and each said she was…
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a strong story, but it was too long and filled with tortuous soliloquies that could’ve been cut in half. I cared a lot more…
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Moby Dick Book Review
Moby Dick would be truly great—in my humble opinion—if an editor could divide the book into Moby Dick and Addendum Encyclopedic Account of Whaling in the Mid-Nineteenth Century.…
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