Compass by Mathias Énard, Charlotte Mandell

448 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction reflective slow-paced
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As night falls over Vienna, Franz Ritter, an insomniac musicologist, takes to his sickbed with an unspecified illness and spends a restless night drifting between dreams and memories, revisiting the important chapters of his life: his ongoing fasc...

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Community Reviews Summary of 134 reviews

Moods

reflective 100%
informative 84%
emotional 53%
challenging 46%
sad 46%
adventurous 30%
funny 23%
inspiring 23%
mysterious 7%

Pace

slow 83%
medium 16%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 77% | A mix: 22%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 57% | No: 28% | Yes: 14%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 62% | Yes: 25% | No: 12%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 62% | No: 37%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 85% | It's complicated: 14%

Average rating

4.06

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