Reviews

The Cold Millions by Jess Walter

chboyer1995's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

skynet666's review against another edition

2.0

I realize that I’m in the minority, but I just didn’t enjoy the story and didn’t care about any of the characters.

mariahhanley's review against another edition

3.0

I was excited for this book. It’s set in Spokane (my hometown), historical fiction, and narrated by a full cast. All pluses in my book. But it never really came together for me. I would rate it 3.5 stars- I had a hard time tracking all of the different characters and felt like because of that, some of the characters weren’t as developed as I would have liked. My favorite character was Jules, who we learned about for for one chapter.

invisible_string's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced

4.0

best_lemon's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

cindysal's review against another edition

4.0

Wonderfully rich characters (some real like Elizabeth Gurley Flynn) in a book that takes place in the early days of labor unions. Throw in a little anarchy and a western setting, and you’ve got quite a story.

rude_indigo's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

5.0

kstrahm21's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

3.75

sillytothejoe's review against another edition

3.0

I’d been wanting to read some Jess Walter, and this seemed my vibe. It didn’t blow me away, but I enjoyed it.

fuwddwuf's review against another edition

Epic struggle of the American working/under-class.  I was not captivated by the writing, and the conceit felt super 19th-century to me.  The nail in the coffin was that, while I liked the multiple voices who read different characters, the principal actor was not to my taste, in particular when he read women’s lives in a simpering near- falsetto.  Meh