If You Kept a Record of Sins by Andrea Bajani

If You Kept a Record of Sins

Andrea Bajani with Elizabeth Harris (Translator)

200 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

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Andrea Bajani's beautiful, original, and deeply moving (Michael Cunningham) novel, which Jhumpa Lahiri asserts accumulates with the quiet urgency of a snowstorm. A prismatic novel that records the indelible marks a mother leaves on her son after s...

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Community Reviews Summary of 43 reviews

Moods

reflective 82%
emotional 52%
sad 41%
dark 17%
challenging 11%
tense 11%
mysterious 5%
relaxing 5%

Pace

medium 56%
slow 37%
fast 6%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 93% | Plot: 6%

Strong character development?

No: 35% | It's complicated: 35% | Yes: 28%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 50% | No: 35% | N/A: 14%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 53% | Yes: 23% | It's complicated: 15% | N/A: 7%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 76% | No: 15% | It's complicated: 7%

Average rating

3.81

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