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384 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780670068753
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Canada
Publication date: 01 September 2014
Description
Passionate, compassionate, vitally inventive, and scrupulously playful, Ali Smith s novels are like nothing else. How to be both is a novel all about the versatility of art. Borrowing from painting s fresco technique to make an original literar...
Community Reviews Summary of 4,177 reviews
Moods
emotional 56%
challenging 52%
mysterious 29%
funny 27%
hopeful 20%
inspiring 19%
sad 19%
adventurous 10%
informative 9%
dark 4%
lighthearted 4%
relaxing 1%
Pace
slow 36%
fast 5%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 81% | A mix: 14% | N/A: 2% | Plot: 1%Strong character development?
Yes: 54% | It's complicated: 27% | No: 14% | N/A: 3%Loveable characters?
Yes: 68% | It's complicated: 19% | No: 11%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 53% | No: 28% | It's complicated: 14% | N/A: 3%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 42% | It's complicated: 27% | No: 24% | N/A: 5%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Grief, Death of parent, DeathModerate
Sexual content, Stalking, PedophiliaMinor
Ableism, Xenophobia, Sexual assault384 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780670068753
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Canada
Publication date: 01 September 2014
Description
Passionate, compassionate, vitally inventive, and scrupulously playful, Ali Smith s novels are like nothing else. How to be both is a novel all about the versatility of art. Borrowing from painting s fresco technique to make an original literar...
Community Reviews Summary of 4,177 reviews
Moods
emotional 56%
challenging 52%
mysterious 29%
funny 27%
hopeful 20%
inspiring 19%
sad 19%
adventurous 10%
informative 9%
dark 4%
lighthearted 4%
relaxing 1%
Pace
slow 36%
fast 5%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 81% | A mix: 14% | N/A: 2% | Plot: 1%Strong character development?
Yes: 54% | It's complicated: 27% | No: 14% | N/A: 3%Loveable characters?
Yes: 68% | It's complicated: 19% | No: 11%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 53% | No: 28% | It's complicated: 14% | N/A: 3%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 42% | It's complicated: 27% | No: 24% | N/A: 5%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Grief, Death of parent, DeathModerate
Sexual content, Stalking, PedophiliaMinor
Ableism, Xenophobia, Sexual assault