Riddance: Or the Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-Mouth Children by Shelley Jackson

Riddance: Or the Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-Mouth Children

Shelley Jackson

512 pages first pub 2018 (view editions)

fiction fantasy historical horror science fiction dark slow-paced
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"Shelley Jackson is a writer of such extraordinary, uncanny power that the hair on the back of my neck stands up when I encounter her work. What an exhilarating, prickling, blistering book Riddance is! I made myself read it as slowly as possible i...

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Community Reviews

3.15
based on 97 reviews

Moods

mysterious: 100%

challenging: 90%

dark: 90%

adventurous: 27%

reflective: 27%

tense: 27%

emotional: 18%

funny: 9%

sad: 9%


Pace

16% of readers chose medium
83% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

25% of readers chose Plot
75% of readers chose Character
Plot
Character

Strong character development?

55% of readers chose Complicated
44% of readers chose No
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

11% of readers chose Yes
11% of readers chose Complicated
77% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

88% of readers chose Yes
11% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus?

44% of readers chose Yes
44% of readers chose Complicated
11% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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