jules_not_dead's reviews
81 reviews

Ways with Words: Language, Life and Work in Communities and Classrooms by Shirley Brice Heath

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

The Kill Jar: Obsession, Descent, and a Hunt for Detroit's Most Notorious Serial Killer by J. Reuben Appelman

dark medium-paced

0.25

This reader did not fit the tone of the text at all.
And Appelman's narration is a bit self absorbed. His focus was more on his own history and family than the crimes.

Still Life with Bones by Alexa Hagerty

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

Sociopath by Patric Gagne

challenging dark informative medium-paced

3.0

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

The Communist Manifesto: The Political Classic by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels

challenging reflective slow-paced

3.0

Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right by Matthew Dallek

dark informative medium-paced

3.5

We Are All the Same in the Dark by Julia Heaberlin

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.5

The Haunting of Whitehall Manor: A Gothic Horror Novel by L.V. Pires

Who Goes There?: The Novella That Formed the Basis of the Thing by John W. Campbell Jr.

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25