Your Absence is Darkness by Jón Kalman Stefánsson

Your Absence is Darkness

Jón Kalman Stefánsson

561 pages • first pub 2020 (view editions) user-added

fiction literary emotional reflective slow-paced
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A spellbinding saga about the inhabitants and inheritors of one rural community, by one of Iceland's most beloved novelists.A man comes to awareness in a church in rural Iceland, not knowing why he's there or how he arrived. When a local woman off...

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Community Reviews

4.05
based on 240 reviews

Moods

reflective: 85%

emotional: 81%

sad: 53%

mysterious: 38%

challenging: 33%

dark: 30%

inspiring: 24%

hopeful: 18%

funny: 10%

adventurous: 7%

relaxing: 4%

lighthearted: 2%

tense: 2%

informative: 1%

Pace

3% of readers chose fast
23% of readers chose medium
73% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

4% of readers chose Plot
22% of readers chose A mix
70% of readers chose Character
2% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

60% of readers chose Yes
31% of readers chose Complicated
6% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

69% of readers chose Yes
22% of readers chose Complicated
7% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

39% of readers chose Yes
6% of readers chose Complicated
41% of readers chose No
12% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

72% of readers chose Yes
19% of readers chose Complicated
6% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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