Reviews and Comments
Writer and Educator. I love words. vanessasiinohaack@substack.com
This link opens in a pop-up window
Vanessa rated Madame Bovary: 3 stars
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Charles Bovary, médecin de campagne, veuf d'une mégère, fait lors d'une tournée la rencontre du père Rouault et de sa …
Vanessa rated Lord of the Flies: 4 stars
William Golding: Lord of the Flies (2018, Independently Published)
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize–winning British author William Golding. The book focuses on a …
Vanessa rated Jude the Obscure: 4 stars
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Hardy's last work of fiction, Jude the Obscure is also one of his most gloomily fatalistic, depicting the lives of …
Vanessa rated The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: 3 stars
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Mark Twain created the memorable characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn drawing from the experiences of boys he grew up …
Vanessa rated Midnight's Children: 4 stars
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Midnight's Children is a 1981 novel by author Salman Rushdie. It portrays India's transition from British colonial rule to independence …
Vanessa rated Breakfast at Tiffany's: 4 stars
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
Published with three short stories this novella cemented Capote’s position at the forefront of American literature. It is the story …
Vanessa rated Ripening seed: 4 stars
Ripening seed by Colette (Penguin twentieth century classics)
Vanessa rated The Grass Harp and The Tree of Night: 3 stars
Truman Capote: The Grass Harp and The Tree of Night (1956, Signet)
The Grass Harp and The Tree of Night by Truman Capote
Set in a small Southern town in the 1930s, this classic work tells the story of three endearing misfits--an orphaned …
Vanessa rated Howards end: 3 stars
Howards end by Edward Morgan Forster (Dover thrift editions)
Howards End is a novel by E. M. Forster about social conventions, codes of conduct and relationships in turn-of-the-century England. …
Vanessa rated Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 4 stars
L. Frank Baum: Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2007, Aegypan)
Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Over a century after its initial publication, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is still captivating the hearts of countless readers. …
Vanessa rated Woman in White: 4 stars
Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
The Woman in White famously opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on a moonlit London road. Engaged as a drawing …
Vanessa rated Far from the Madding Crowd: 3 stars
Thomas Hardy: Far from the Madding Crowd (2017, Independently Published)
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest …