Gut Symmetries by Jeanette Winterson

Gut Symmetries

Jeanette Winterson

223 pages first pub 1997 (view editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ challenging reflective slow-paced
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Gut Symmetries by Jeanette Winterson is ideal for readers who relish intellectually layered, emotionally complex narratives that intertwine scientific metaphors with unconventional relationships and existential introspection.

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Physics seems to have become the new language of love in the 1990s, and Jeanette Winterson is not the first writer to make a major character a physicist. Jonathan Lethem mined similar territory earlier this year in his delightful book, As She Clim...

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Community Reviews

3.69
based on 737 reviews

Moods

reflective: 71%

challenging: 60%

emotional: 54%

dark: 47%

mysterious: 26%

adventurous: 15%

tense: 13%

sad: 10%

funny: 4%

hopeful: 4%

informative: 4%

inspiring: 2%


Pace

17% of readers chose fast
55% of readers chose medium
26% of readers chose slow
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medium
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Plot or character driven?

7% of readers chose Plot
22% of readers chose A mix
70% of readers chose Character
Plot
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Character

Strong character development?

30% of readers chose Yes
55% of readers chose Complicated
15% of readers chose No
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Loveable characters?

5% of readers chose Yes
56% of readers chose Complicated
38% of readers chose No
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Diverse cast of characters?

31% of readers chose Yes
14% of readers chose Complicated
51% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
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Flaws of characters a main focus?

86% of readers chose Yes
11% of readers chose Complicated
2% of readers chose No
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Complicated
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