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776 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780143039945
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publication date: 01 November 2006
Description
Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, Gravity's Rainbow is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustively significant to the second half of the twentieth century as Joyce's Ulysses was to the first. Its sprawling, encyclopedic narrative and penetrati...
Community Reviews Summary of 2,309 reviews
Moods
dark 68%
funny 68%
adventurous 46%
mysterious 46%
reflective 31%
informative 21%
tense 20%
emotional 15%
sad 10%
lighthearted 7%
inspiring 6%
hopeful 3%
relaxing 1%
Pace
medium 19%
fast 3%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 59% | Plot: 16% | N/A: 15% | Character: 8%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 57% | No: 21% | Yes: 20% | N/A: 1%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 51% | No: 31% | Yes: 14% | N/A: 2%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 67% | It's complicated: 18% | No: 12% | N/A: 2%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 45% | It's complicated: 42% | No: 9% | N/A: 2%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Excrement, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationshipModerate
Sexual violence, Homophobia, RacismMinor
Abortion, Kidnapping, Racial slurs
776 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780143039945
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publication date: 01 November 2006
Description
Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, Gravity's Rainbow is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustively significant to the second half of the twentieth century as Joyce's Ulysses was to the first. Its sprawling, encyclopedic narrative and penetrati...
Community Reviews Summary of 2,309 reviews
Moods
dark 68%
funny 68%
adventurous 46%
mysterious 46%
reflective 31%
informative 21%
tense 20%
emotional 15%
sad 10%
lighthearted 7%
inspiring 6%
hopeful 3%
relaxing 1%
Pace
medium 19%
fast 3%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 59% | Plot: 16% | N/A: 15% | Character: 8%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 57% | No: 21% | Yes: 20% | N/A: 1%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 51% | No: 31% | Yes: 14% | N/A: 2%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 67% | It's complicated: 18% | No: 12% | N/A: 2%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 45% | It's complicated: 42% | No: 9% | N/A: 2%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Excrement, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationshipModerate
Sexual violence, Homophobia, RacismMinor
Abortion, Kidnapping, Racial slurs