Recap of Novels 121-130

Average rating of novels 121-130 – 3.6 stars (out of 5)

121.  ★★★★½            The Ox-Bow Incident

122.  ★★★                   Wise Blood

123.  ★★★                   Papillon

124.  ★★★                   Candide

125.  ★★★★½             In Cold Blood

126.  ★★★½                The Old Man and the Sea
127.  ★★★★                The Valley of Fear
128.  ★★½                   Gargantua and Pantagruel

129.  ★★★½                The Shadow Over Innsmouth

130.  ★★★★                The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Favorite: In Cold Blood

Honorable Mention: The Old Man and the Sea

Least Favorite: Gargantua and Pantagruel

Best Hero: Tom Sawyer

Best Heroine: I hate to say it, but not one heroine in the group

Most Villainous: Perry Smith from In Cold Blood

Most interesting/Complex character: Papillon

Best Quotation: Most men are more afraid of being thought cowards than of anything else, and a lot more afraid of being thought physical cowards than moral ones. ~ Art Croft, first-person narrator of The Ox-Bow Incident

Best film adaptation: The 1973 version of Papillon starring Steve McQueen as Papillon and Dustin Hoffman as Dega is very good. As is the 1958 version of The Old Man and the Sea starring Spencer Tracy, and the 1942 version of the Ox-Bow Incident starring Henry Fonda.

Worst film adaptation: I didn’t watch any, but I know there are some awful renditions of Tom Sawyer out there.

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