The Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner

The Big Rock Candy Mountain

Wallace Stegner

563 pages • first pub 1943 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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Bo Mason, his wife, and two boys live a transient life of poverty and despair. Drifting from town to town and from state to state, the violent, ruthless Bo seeks his fortune, eventually becoming a rum-runner in the American Northwest

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Moods

emotional 72%
reflective 63%
sad 63%
dark 36%
tense 27%
adventurous 18%
challenging 18%
hopeful 9%
inspiring 9%

Pace

slow 63%
medium 36%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 100%

Strong character development?

Yes: 55% | It's complicated: 33% | No: 11%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 66% | No: 22% | Yes: 11%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 66% | It's complicated: 22% | Yes: 11%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

Average rating

4.08

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