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50 reviews

Love's Enduring Promise by Janette Oke

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

3.25

A lovely story with well-considered plot points and a fairly weighty message for a Christian romance novel… I just found Oke’s writing a little repetitive and simplistic at times. Don’t get me wrong; there are some rather nice quotes in there, I just think her narrative voice was not on-par with her plot and character development.

Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie

adventurous funny informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

3.75

Noone:
Hasting: *Describes the inexplicable beauty of married women*

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

funny informative mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

Why is Hastings such an idiot?

The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

The first and second acts were not bad, but the final act? Oh, phenomenal. While The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe provides  a beautiful depiction of the ultimate sacrifice Jesus made for the sake of traitors, The Silver Chair paints a clearer picture of the false reality in which we live, that we have exchanged our crowns and true jewels for life in the Shallows.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

The descriptions of the swordplay and action sequences was wonderfully vivid. Lewis transitions so smoothly from descriptions of wacky magical exploits to gritty war scenes. Simply delightful.

The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis

adventurous challenging funny inspiring lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

So well-written, so beautifully reflective… I love this novel and the story it shares.

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

5.0