Difficult Women by Roxane Gay

Difficult Women

Roxane Gay

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary short stories challenging dark emotional medium-paced
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The women in these stories live lives of privilege and of poverty, are in marriages both loving and haunted by past crimes or emotional blackmail. A pair of sisters, grown now, have been inseparable ever since they were abducted together as childr...

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Community Reviews Summary of 5,950 reviews

Moods

dark 86%
emotional 77%
challenging 59%
sad 52%
reflective 47%
tense 34%
hopeful 8%
funny 7%
inspiring 7%
mysterious 7%
adventurous 4%
informative 2%

Pace

medium 58%
fast 25%
slow 15%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 60% | A mix: 28% | N/A: 7% | Plot: 3%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 49% | Yes: 22% | N/A: 16% | No: 11%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 64% | No: 16% | Yes: 12% | N/A: 6%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 90% | It's complicated: 5% | No: 2% | N/A: 1%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 70% | It's complicated: 22% | N/A: 6%

Average rating

4.01

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