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4 hours, 13 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780735246515
Format: Audio
Language: English
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Publication date: 27 September 2022
Description
An urgent first novel about breaching the prisons we live inside from one of Canada’s most daring literary talents.An unnamed narrator abandons his unfinished thesis and returns to northern Alberta in search of what eludes him: the shape of the no...
Community Reviews Summary of 814 reviews
Moods
emotional 80%
challenging 45%
sad 35%
hopeful 21%
informative 17%
dark 16%
inspiring 16%
funny 5%
tense 4%
adventurous 1%
Pace
slow 26%
fast 21%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 83% | A mix: 12% | N/A: 2% | Plot: 1%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 40% | Yes: 40% | No: 16% | N/A: 3%Loveable characters?
Yes: 69% | It's complicated: 21% | No: 6% | N/A: 2%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 94% | No: 2% | It's complicated: 2% | N/A: 1%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 46% | It's complicated: 31% | No: 19% | N/A: 2%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Colonisation, Racism, HomophobiaModerate
Addiction, Police brutality, DeathMinor
Domestic abuse, Infidelity
4 hours, 13 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780735246515
Format: Audio
Language: English
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Publication date: 27 September 2022
Description
An urgent first novel about breaching the prisons we live inside from one of Canada’s most daring literary talents.An unnamed narrator abandons his unfinished thesis and returns to northern Alberta in search of what eludes him: the shape of the no...
Community Reviews Summary of 814 reviews
Moods
emotional 80%
challenging 45%
sad 35%
hopeful 21%
informative 17%
dark 16%
inspiring 16%
funny 5%
tense 4%
adventurous 1%
Pace
slow 26%
fast 21%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 83% | A mix: 12% | N/A: 2% | Plot: 1%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 40% | Yes: 40% | No: 16% | N/A: 3%Loveable characters?
Yes: 69% | It's complicated: 21% | No: 6% | N/A: 2%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 94% | No: 2% | It's complicated: 2% | N/A: 1%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 46% | It's complicated: 31% | No: 19% | N/A: 2%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Colonisation, Racism, HomophobiaModerate
Addiction, Police brutality, DeathMinor
Domestic abuse, Infidelity