285 reviews for:

True History of the Kelly Gang

Peter Carey

3.74 AVERAGE

sarahwiltshire's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

abe389's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous sad tense 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: Yes

conorpittman's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

thegoddamnemily's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous reflective medium-paced

bec_b's review against another edition

3.0

challenging slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shannonbest's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

em1246's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A sad tellung of the life of Australia's most famous outlaw. Ned kelly loved his mother but

she set his up to fail by sending him with Harry Power.

. Carey does a fantastic job of adding a human element to the story

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs

ljmaisel's review against another edition

5.0

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I really enjoyed this book. I had the excellent audiobook narrated by Gianfranco Negroponte, which I think made for a better experience when compared with the deliberately rough writing and grammar other reviewers are complaining about.

martha_anne_h's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous sad

dooleyzipper's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes