After Sappho: Longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize by Selby Wynn Schwartz

After Sappho: Longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize

Selby Wynn Schwartz

288 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary challenging reflective slow-paced

Description

What did we want? To begin with, we wanted what half the population had got by just being born. It’s 1895. Amid laundry and bruises, Rina Pierangeli Faccio gives birth to the child of the man who raped her – the man she has been forced to marry. U...

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Moods

reflective 75%
informative 63%
challenging 48%
inspiring 43%
emotional 33%
hopeful 23%
adventurous 16%
sad 13%
mysterious 8%
dark 6%
funny 6%
relaxing 3%
tense 3%
lighthearted 1%

Pace

slow 57%
medium 38%
fast 3%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 77% | N/A: 12% | A mix: 8% | Plot: 1%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 45% | Yes: 24% | N/A: 17% | No: 12%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 56% | It's complicated: 27% | N/A: 8% | No: 7%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 46% | It's complicated: 25% | No: 23% | N/A: 4%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

No: 41% | It's complicated: 28% | Yes: 16% | N/A: 14%

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3.8

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