fiction: by positivity




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Reviews by positivity eryka.com scale:

So good you just can't stand it.
Almost that good.
Sort of good.
Generally a waste of time.
Destined for the recycler.






: all just so damn good you just can't stand it

Isabel Allende

The House of the Spirits


Nick Hornby

High Fidelity


Marion Keyes

Watermelon


Wally Lamb

I Know This Much is True


Ruth Ozecki

My Year of Meats


J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone


Mary Doria Russell

The Sparrow


J.R.R. Tolkein

The Fellowship of the Ring





: Almost that good

Mikhail Bulgakov

The Master and Margarita


Chitra Banerjee Divankaruni

Mistress of Spices


Alice Hoffman

Here on Earth


Nick Hornby

About a Boy


John Irving

A Widow for One Year


Gish Jen

Mona In the Promised Land


Lisa Jewell

Ralph's Party


Wally Lamb

She's Come UndoneEleanor Lipman

The Inn At Lake Devine


Josie Lloyd & Emlyn Rees

Come Together


Joann Mapson

Hank & Chloe


Roxanna Robinson

This is My Daughter


Bernard Schlink

The Reader


Dashka Slater

The Wishing Box


Anne Tyler

A Patchwork Planet

Lisa Zeidner

Layover




: not so bad, but not so good either

Christina Bartolemeo

Cupid & Diana


Elizabeth Berg

Joy School


Martha Cooley

The Archivist


Edwidge Danticat

The Farming of Bones


Maria Escandon

Esperanza's Box of Saints


Katie Fforde

Stately Pursuits


Helen Fielding

Cause Celeb


Alice Hoffman

Local Girls


Josephine Humphreys

Rich in Love


Stephen McCauley

The Object of My Affection


Clare Naylor

Love: A User's Guide


Martin Simecka

The Year of the Frog




: not worth trade paperback prices

Lorraine Freeney & Tara McCarthy

Big Night Out


Karin Goodwin

Sleeping With Random Beasts


Arundhati Roy

God of Small Things




: rain, rain, GO AWAY!

Tama Janowitz

A Certain Age


Stephen Jaramillo

The Scoundrel


Jonathon Keats

Pathology of Lies


Ted Mooney

Singing Into the Piano





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