Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Book Review of The Stone Diaries

The Stone Diaries
The Stone Diaries
Author: Carol Shields
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
Leigh avatar reviewed on + 378 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 11


This book fell flat for me in so many ways. You've got to be a fan of Shields' writing in order to appreciate this. Although it won the Pulitzer Prize, I truly question why. I found the main character bland, her life bland, the writing bland. I was glad when it was over. I finished only because I want to read all of the Pulitzer Prize winners. This was by far the worst of them I'd read.