1.78k reviews for:

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Joan Lindsay

3.65 AVERAGE

gruenlichst's review against another edition

4.75

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

itsgraziela's review against another edition

3.5

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I have mixed feelings about this book. Even though the plot is super interesting, the actual execution of the story was a bit boring. I really didn’t care about many of the characters, and it took me out of the “mystery”. But I did enjoy the open ending.

mmemeemo's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

potionfrog's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

fates_fables_golem's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

draculaura's review against another edition

2.25

slow-paced

Diverse cast of characters: No

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An interesting premise that just, unfortunately, didn't really go anywhere. Nothing go resolved and from the foreword (which I read afterward), that was kinda the point. Open-ended books can be thought-provoking, but this wasn't the case for me. Also, the prose was much too flowery and I kept getting people confused, despite the handy character list at the beginning. 

egwoodhaus1's review against another edition

4.5

mysterious tense fast-paced

jadeiw56's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

h3lena37's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

carlywalker's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated