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233 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780575110106
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Hachette UK
Publication date: 01 October 1953
Description
All alone: an idiot boy, a runaway girl, a severely retarded baby, and twin girls with a vocabulary of two words between them. Yet once they are mysteriously drawn together this collection of misfits becomes something very, very different from the...
Community Reviews Summary of 991 reviews
Moods
reflective 64%
mysterious 62%
dark 45%
adventurous 31%
emotional 27%
hopeful 16%
sad 16%
tense 16%
inspiring 14%
informative 4%
Pace
slow 31%
fast 8%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 50% | A mix: 40% | Plot: 10%Strong character development?
Yes: 73% | It's complicated: 23% | No: 2%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 42% | No: 31% | Yes: 26%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 68% | No: 25% | It's complicated: 6%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 83% | It's complicated: 13% | No: 2%Average rating
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Racism233 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780575110106
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Hachette UK
Publication date: 01 October 1953
Description
All alone: an idiot boy, a runaway girl, a severely retarded baby, and twin girls with a vocabulary of two words between them. Yet once they are mysteriously drawn together this collection of misfits becomes something very, very different from the...
Community Reviews Summary of 991 reviews
Moods
reflective 64%
mysterious 62%
dark 45%
adventurous 31%
emotional 27%
hopeful 16%
sad 16%
tense 16%
inspiring 14%
informative 4%
Pace
slow 31%
fast 8%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 50% | A mix: 40% | Plot: 10%Strong character development?
Yes: 73% | It's complicated: 23% | No: 2%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 42% | No: 31% | Yes: 26%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 68% | No: 25% | It's complicated: 6%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 83% | It's complicated: 13% | No: 2%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Minor
Racism