Women Talking by Miriam Toews

Women Talking

Miriam Toews

288 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
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Between 2005 and 2009, in a remote Mennonite colony, over one hundred girls and women were raped by what many thought were ghosts or demons. Their accounts were dismissed as 'wild female imagination'.Women Talking is an imagined response to these ...

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Moods

dark 66%
emotional 65%
reflective 61%
sad 49%
challenging 46%
tense 36%
hopeful 31%
inspiring 19%
informative 11%
funny 8%
mysterious 4%
adventurous 2%

Pace

slow 49%
medium 37%
fast 13%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 66% | A mix: 21% | Plot: 11%

Strong character development?

Yes: 47% | It's complicated: 33% | No: 17% | N/A: 1%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 51% | It's complicated: 35% | No: 10% | N/A: 1%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 67% | It's complicated: 14% | Yes: 12% | N/A: 5%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

No: 33% | It's complicated: 31% | Yes: 31% | N/A: 3%

Average rating

3.71

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