The Steep Approach to Garbadale by Iain Banks

The Steep Approach to Garbadale

Iain Banks

13 hours, 45 minutes • first pub 2005 (view editions) user-added

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Readers who savor intricate family sagas interwoven with moral complexities and layered secrets, set against a backdrop of corporate intrigue and personal rediscovery, will find this novel compelling.

Description

The Wopuld family built their fortune on a board game called Empire, now a wildly successful computer game. So successful, in fact, that the American Spraint Corp wants to buy the Wopulds out. Alban, who has been evading the family tentacles for t...

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Community Reviews

3.6
based on 483 reviews

Moods

funny: 66%

dark: 55%

emotional: 55%

mysterious: 44%

challenging: 33%

reflective: 33%

tense: 33%

adventurous: 22%

hopeful: 11%

sad: 11%

Pace

10% of readers chose fast
70% of readers chose medium
20% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

71% of readers chose A mix
28% of readers chose Character
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

85% of readers chose Yes
14% of readers chose No
Yes
No

Loveable characters?

57% of readers chose Yes
42% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

Diverse cast of characters?

16% of readers chose Complicated
83% of readers chose No
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

57% of readers chose Yes
42% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

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