Costalegre: A Novel Inspired by Peggy Guggenheim and Her Daughter by Courtney Maum

Costalegre: A Novel Inspired by Peggy Guggenheim and Her Daughter

Courtney Maum

240 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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"Delightful ... In Lara, Maum has given a little-considered daughter a more hopeful future." --Mona Simpson, The New York Times Book Review"Maum's slender, intelligent Costalegre is about many things: art as spectacle and art as discipline; life a...

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Community Reviews Summary of 302 reviews

Moods

reflective 69%
emotional 61%
adventurous 53%
sad 38%
dark 23%
funny 15%
lighthearted 15%
tense 15%
challenging 7%
mysterious 7%

Pace

medium 46%
slow 30%
fast 23%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 100%

Strong character development?

Yes: 50% | No: 41% | It's complicated: 8%

Loveable characters?

No: 58% | Yes: 25% | It's complicated: 16%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 41% | It's complicated: 25% | Yes: 25% | N/A: 8%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 75% | No: 16% | It's complicated: 8%

Average rating

3.42

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