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The Quality of Mercy by Barry Unsworth

The Quality of Mercy

Sacred Hunger #2

Barry Unsworth

304 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction historical challenging reflective slow-paced
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Barry Unsworth returns to the terrain of his Booker Prize-winning novel Sacred Hunger, this time following Sullivan, the Irish fiddler, and Erasmus Kemp, son of a Liverpool slave ship owner who hanged himself. It is the spring of 1767, and to aven...

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Community Reviews

3.86
based on 65 reviews

Moods

informative: 100%

challenging: 50%

dark: 50%

reflective: 50%


Pace

66% of readers chose medium
33% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

66% of readers chose A mix
33% of readers chose Character
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

100% of readers chose Yes
Yes

Loveable characters?

50% of readers chose Complicated
50% of readers chose No
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

33% of readers chose Yes
66% of readers chose No
Yes
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

66% of readers chose Yes
33% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

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