Needlework by Deirdre Sullivan

Needlework

Deirdre Sullivan with Nora-Jane Noone (Narrator)

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fiction contemporary young adult challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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Powerful, poetic and disturbing, Needlework is a girl's meditation on her efforts to maintain her bodily and spiritual integrity in the face of abuse, violation and neglect. Winner of the Children's Books Ireland Honour Award for Fiction and a Whi...

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Community Reviews Summary of 97 reviews

Moods

dark 85%
emotional 85%
challenging 57%
sad 57%
hopeful 28%
reflective 28%
tense 28%

Pace

slow 71%
medium 28%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 83% | Plot: 16%

Strong character development?

Yes: 66% | No: 33%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 33% | No: 16%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 66% | It's complicated: 16% | Yes: 16%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 66% | It's complicated: 33%

Average rating

3.97

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