4.14 avg rating — 1,607,650 ratings

"Ponyboy, thank you for sharing your story with me. I felt like I was right beside you the whole time. Your friends became my friends, and (spoilers) I mourned for them with you."

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 770,741 ratings

"Alex still haunts me in my nightmares. Just kidding. But he was such a complex character that I could write a whole essay on him. I could try to scrub him from my brain but I just can't. Needless to say, not the kind of guy you'd want to meet in a dark alley."

4.18 avg rating — 644,012 ratings

"Wow. This guy was SO COMPLICATED, and very intelligently written. I am Joe's amazement at Palahniuk's ability to write such a dynamic character."

4.11 avg rating — 65,715 ratings

"I wrote this in my review:
Hubert Selby Jr. really knows how to write human beings. Not victims of circumstance. Not scummy bottom feeders. Humans. He doesn't make excuses for them, nor does he vilify them. That is how I sympathize with them. With Requiem, I basically walked around for miles in these characters shoes. I felt what they were going through. That's probably why this book affected me so much emotionally."

4.26 avg rating — 6,897,904 ratings

"Scout is adorable. Jem is the best big brother in literary history. Atticus is a hero."

4.62 avg rating — 4,115,396 ratings

"Love Harry Potter.
Finding out the true story behind Severus Snape just blew me away."

4.54 avg rating — 731,661 ratings

"Frodo, you were just a happy guy in the Shire and you gave up so much. And Sam, you were just as much of a hero as Frodo."

4.24 avg rating — 2,004,673 ratings

"Oh, Charlie. I know how it feels when you think the world is coming down on you. I get the feeling of helplessness. It's hard to be young. But, life really is better when you come out of your shell."

3.93 avg rating — 30,754 ratings

"The outcasts of society lead very complex lives. There are dire consequences to living a life without love."