Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy

Stella Maris

The Passenger #2

Cormac McCarthy

208 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
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The best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with the second of a two-volume masterpiece: Stella Maris is an intimate portrait of grief and longing, as a young woman in a psychiatric facility seeks to understand her own exis...

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Community Reviews Summary of 1,310 reviews

Moods

dark 73%
reflective 73%
challenging 67%
sad 46%
emotional 41%
mysterious 22%
informative 16%
tense 10%
funny 9%
inspiring 3%
adventurous 1%
hopeful 1%
relaxing 1%

Pace

medium 46%
slow 34%
fast 18%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 98%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 38% | No: 31% | Yes: 29%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 47% | Yes: 26% | No: 25%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 77% | N/A: 8% | It's complicated: 6% | Yes: 6%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 86% | It's complicated: 12%

Average rating

3.92

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