Friday, July 1, 2022

Recap of Novels 191 - 200

 

Average rating of novels 191 – 200:  3.3 stars (out of 5)



191.  ★★★½              Ender’s Game

192.  ★★★★½          The Cellis of Sarajevo

193.  ½                     The Recognitions

194.  ★★★                 Go Set a Watchman

195   ★★★½              Stardust
196.  
★★★½              The Death of the Heart
197.  
★★                     Portnoy’s Complaint

198.  ★★★½              Midnight’s Children

199.  ★★★½              Oliver Twist

210.  ★★★★              The Princess Bride

 

 

Favorite: The Cellist of Sarajevo


Least Favorite: The Recognitions


Best Hero: Ender from Ender’s Game


Best Heroine: Arrow from The Cellist of Sarajevo


Best Villain: The Six-Fingered Man aka Count Rugen from The Princess Bride


Most interesting/Complex character: Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride


Best Subtitle (or alternate title: The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern’s Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, The “Good Parts” Version


Best Quotation: I’ll put it in my own words: the time your friends need you is when they’re wrong, Jean Louise. They don’t need you when they’re right. ~ Uncle Jack from Go Set a Watchman


Runner Up: …she is, at once, sure of two things. The first is that she does not want to kill this man, and the second is that she must. ~ narrative regarding Arrow from The Cellist of Sarajevo


Honorable mention: “Adventures are all very well in their place”, he thought, “but there’s a lot to be said for regular meals and freedom from pain.” ~ Tristran Thorn from Stardust

 

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2 comments:

  1. The first part of your Thorn quote brings to mind hobbits :-)

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    1. Indeed...'tis very Hobttish, though the character's name is more Dwarvish. I see that I failed to mention what novel that was from...Stardust, very enjoyable.

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