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The Diviners by Margaret Laurence

4.15 AVERAGE

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brittn's review against another edition

5.0
dark reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

baker75's review against another edition

5.0
Last read this as an undergraduate in 1995 - it's as elegiac and unflinching as I remember. All the characters are beautifully drawn but it's the chilly and damaged Brooke Skelton who stays with you. Throughly recommended.

ginny17's review against another edition

3.0
3.5 stars. Beautiful prose.

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

5.0
dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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redchickadee's review against another edition

5.0
emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

tonitrap's review against another edition

4.0
reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

emjay2021's review

5.0
This novel blew me away. Somehow I managed to get through Canadian high school and university English lit classes without ever reading any Margaret Laurence, except for one of her children's novels (Jason's Quest--a great kids' book!). Then we decided to read The Diviners for my book club. For some reason I thought this book might feel stuffy, stilted, or dated, but it never did. Yes, it is definitely of its time--society's intense disapproval of unconventional women like Morag, for example--but the characters are dynamic and surprisingly modern. The story is by turns humorous, serious, and touching. I loved it.

laurengayle4's review against another edition

5.0
im just like in a really emotional state rn and maybe this is an emotional five stars but whatever i teared up AGAIN in public reading the end and jules

rbstretch's review against another edition

5.0
4.5

307's review against another edition

4.25
dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Will be a play at the Stratford Festival in 2024.