Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively

Moon Tiger

Penelope Lively with Elif Shafak (Contributor)

224 pages • first pub 1988 (view editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective slow-paced
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Claudia Hampton - beautiful, famous, independent, dying.But she remains defiant to the last, telling her nurses that she will write a 'history of the world . . . and in the process, my own'. And it is her story from a childhood just after the Firs...

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Community Reviews

3.91
based on 1,639 reviews

Moods

reflective: 91%

emotional: 65%

sad: 40%

challenging: 36%

adventurous: 21%

dark: 15%

funny: 14%

informative: 14%

tense: 12%

inspiring: 11%

mysterious: 10%

hopeful: 5%

relaxing: 4%

Pace

5% of readers chose fast
50% of readers chose medium
43% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

3% of readers chose Plot
19% of readers chose A mix
76% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

46% of readers chose Yes
32% of readers chose Complicated
20% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

22% of readers chose Yes
48% of readers chose Complicated
28% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

22% of readers chose Yes
9% of readers chose Complicated
62% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

83% of readers chose Yes
11% of readers chose Complicated
3% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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