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512 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780385425131
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Anchor Books
Publication date: 01 May 1993
Description
In the decade since it won the Booker Prize, Ben Okri's Famished Road has become a classic. Like Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children or Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, it combines brilliant narrative technique with a fres...
Community Reviews Summary of 719 reviews
Moods
mysterious 52%
reflective 50%
adventurous 41%
dark 36%
emotional 31%
sad 14%
tense 11%
funny 6%
hopeful 6%
inspiring 6%
lighthearted 1%
Pace
medium 29%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 52% | A mix: 26% | Plot: 14% | N/A: 8%Strong character development?
Yes: 55% | No: 24% | It's complicated: 18% | N/A: 1%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 51% | Yes: 30% | No: 17%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 64% | No: 18% | It's complicated: 10% | N/A: 6%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 59% | It's complicated: 25% | No: 10% | N/A: 4%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Violence, Child abuseModerate
Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detailMinor
Colonisation, Child death
512 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780385425131
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Anchor Books
Publication date: 01 May 1993
Description
In the decade since it won the Booker Prize, Ben Okri's Famished Road has become a classic. Like Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children or Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, it combines brilliant narrative technique with a fres...
Community Reviews Summary of 719 reviews
Moods
mysterious 52%
reflective 50%
adventurous 41%
dark 36%
emotional 31%
sad 14%
tense 11%
funny 6%
hopeful 6%
inspiring 6%
lighthearted 1%
Pace
medium 29%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 52% | A mix: 26% | Plot: 14% | N/A: 8%Strong character development?
Yes: 55% | No: 24% | It's complicated: 18% | N/A: 1%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 51% | Yes: 30% | No: 17%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 64% | No: 18% | It's complicated: 10% | N/A: 6%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 59% | It's complicated: 25% | No: 10% | N/A: 4%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Violence, Child abuseModerate
Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detailMinor
Colonisation, Child death