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320 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780857522979
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Doubleday
Publication date: Not specified
Description
By the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner of THE ORPHAN MASTER'S SON - for fans of international literary fiction, especially Junot Diaz, Jonathan Franzen and Karen Jay Fowler.'Unputdownable is an overused word, but at their best these stories are ...
Community Reviews Summary of 1,024 reviews
Moods
sad 59%
emotional 54%
reflective 54%
challenging 36%
funny 22%
mysterious 22%
tense 13%
hopeful 9%
adventurous 4%
Pace
fast 25%
slow 15%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 45% | Character: 45% | Plot: 9%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 41% | Yes: 41% | No: 16%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 50% | No: 42% | Yes: 7%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 92% | No: 7%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 84% | It's complicated: 7% | N/A: 7%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Pedophilia, Cancer, DeathModerate
Confinement, GriefMinor
Infidelity, Suicide, Trafficking
320 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780857522979
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Doubleday
Publication date: Not specified
Description
By the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner of THE ORPHAN MASTER'S SON - for fans of international literary fiction, especially Junot Diaz, Jonathan Franzen and Karen Jay Fowler.'Unputdownable is an overused word, but at their best these stories are ...
Community Reviews Summary of 1,024 reviews
Moods
sad 59%
emotional 54%
reflective 54%
challenging 36%
funny 22%
mysterious 22%
tense 13%
hopeful 9%
adventurous 4%
Pace
fast 25%
slow 15%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 45% | Character: 45% | Plot: 9%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 41% | Yes: 41% | No: 16%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 50% | No: 42% | Yes: 7%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 92% | No: 7%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 84% | It's complicated: 7% | N/A: 7%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Pedophilia, Cancer, DeathModerate
Confinement, GriefMinor
Infidelity, Suicide, Trafficking