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384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781760557256
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Picador Australia
Publication date: 28 May 2019
Description
A Parisian bookbinder stumbles across a manuscript containing three stories, each as unlikely as the other. The first, 'The Education of a Monster', is a letter penned by the poet Charles Baudelaire to an illiterate girl. The second, 'City of G...
Community Reviews Summary of 1,203 reviews
Moods
adventurous 68%
reflective 39%
challenging 34%
emotional 32%
dark 24%
tense 20%
sad 17%
hopeful 6%
inspiring 6%
informative 2%
Pace
slow 38%
fast 11%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 47% | Character: 37% | Plot: 14%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 40% | Yes: 38% | No: 19% | N/A: 1%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 37% | Yes: 32% | No: 28% | N/A: 1%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 74% | It's complicated: 12% | No: 11% | N/A: 1%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 61% | It's complicated: 25% | No: 11% | N/A: 2%Average rating
Content Warnings
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Graphic
Violence, Colonisation, MurderModerate
Slavery, Racism, WarMinor
Suicide, Drug use, Antisemitism384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781760557256
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Picador Australia
Publication date: 28 May 2019
Description
A Parisian bookbinder stumbles across a manuscript containing three stories, each as unlikely as the other. The first, 'The Education of a Monster', is a letter penned by the poet Charles Baudelaire to an illiterate girl. The second, 'City of G...
Community Reviews Summary of 1,203 reviews
Moods
adventurous 68%
reflective 39%
challenging 34%
emotional 32%
dark 24%
tense 20%
sad 17%
hopeful 6%
inspiring 6%
informative 2%
Pace
slow 38%
fast 11%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 47% | Character: 37% | Plot: 14%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 40% | Yes: 38% | No: 19% | N/A: 1%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 37% | Yes: 32% | No: 28% | N/A: 1%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 74% | It's complicated: 12% | No: 11% | N/A: 1%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 61% | It's complicated: 25% | No: 11% | N/A: 2%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Violence, Colonisation, MurderModerate
Slavery, Racism, WarMinor
Suicide, Drug use, Antisemitism