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336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780525519935
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Publication date: 26 September 2023
Description
From the best-selling author of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, a searing multi-generational novel—set in the 1980s in racially and politically turbulent Philadelphia and in the tiny town of Bonaparte, Alabama—about a mother fighting for her sanity a...
Community Reviews Summary of 213 reviews
Moods
dark 61%
sad 57%
tense 52%
challenging 45%
reflective 24%
mysterious 6%
hopeful 5%
adventurous 4%
funny 3%
informative 2%
inspiring 1%
Pace
slow 32%
fast 5%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 53% | Character: 36% | Plot: 8% | N/A: 1%Strong character development?
Yes: 53% | It's complicated: 30% | No: 15% | N/A: 1%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 63% | No: 22% | Yes: 14%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 92% | It's complicated: 5% | No: 2%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 88% | It's complicated: 8% | No: 2%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Domestic abuse, Police brutality, RacismModerate
Drug use, Alcoholism, Physical abuse
336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780525519935
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Publication date: 26 September 2023
Description
From the best-selling author of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, a searing multi-generational novel—set in the 1980s in racially and politically turbulent Philadelphia and in the tiny town of Bonaparte, Alabama—about a mother fighting for her sanity a...
Community Reviews Summary of 213 reviews
Moods
dark 61%
sad 57%
tense 52%
challenging 45%
reflective 24%
mysterious 6%
hopeful 5%
adventurous 4%
funny 3%
informative 2%
inspiring 1%
Pace
slow 32%
fast 5%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 53% | Character: 36% | Plot: 8% | N/A: 1%Strong character development?
Yes: 53% | It's complicated: 30% | No: 15% | N/A: 1%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 63% | No: 22% | Yes: 14%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 92% | It's complicated: 5% | No: 2%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 88% | It's complicated: 8% | No: 2%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Domestic abuse, Police brutality, RacismModerate
Drug use, Alcoholism, Physical abuse