The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk

The Books of Jacob

Olga Tokarczuk with Jennifer Croft (Translator), Allen Lewis Rickman (Narrator), Gilli Messer (Narrator)

35 hours, 38 minutes • first pub 2014 (view editions)

fiction historical literary challenging reflective slow-paced
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The Nobel Prize–winner’s richest, most sweeping and ambitious novel yet follows the comet-like rise and fall of a mysterious, messianic religious leader as he blazes his way across eighteenth-century Europe. In the mid-eighteenth century, as new ...

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Community Reviews

3.96
based on 1,356 reviews

Moods

challenging: 82%

reflective: 60%

informative: 57%

mysterious: 37%

adventurous: 28%

dark: 25%

emotional: 15%

sad: 10%

tense: 7%

funny: 6%

inspiring: 4%

hopeful: 2%

Pace

12% of readers chose medium
87% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

8% of readers chose Plot
47% of readers chose A mix
40% of readers chose Character
3% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

53% of readers chose Yes
36% of readers chose Complicated
9% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

10% of readers chose Yes
48% of readers chose Complicated
40% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

70% of readers chose Yes
13% of readers chose Complicated
14% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

72% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
6% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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