prose_lover

George Orwell

Haunting. The appendix on Newspeak is a stroke of genius that most people skip but shouldn't.

Bram Stoker

The Count as a metaphor for colonialism in reverse - the East invading the West. Layers upon layers.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

So we beat on, boats against the current. That final line is perfection.

George R. R. Martin

Watching Cersei self-destruct is darkly satisfying. Her paranoia and incompetence are drawn with precision.

Mary Shelley

Victor Frankenstein is the real monster. His cowardice and selfishness cause every tragedy in the book.

Charlotte Brontë

Rochester is a complex and sometimes frustrating character, which is exactly what makes him work.

Herman Melville

This book contains everything - adventure, philosophy, humor, horror, and the deepest meditation on obsession ever written.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

A love letter to reading and imagination. Quixote's madness is really just an excess of idealism.