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288 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Brilliant, evocative, poetic, savage, this Pulitzer Prize-winning first novel (1934) written when Josephine Winslow Johnson was only 24, depicts a white, middle-class urban family that is turned into dirt-poor farmers by the Depression and the gre...
Community Reviews Summary of 93 reviews
Moods
reflective 68%
dark 52%
emotional 52%
tense 36%
challenging 15%
informative 10%
hopeful 5%
mysterious 5%
Pace
slow 43%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 60% | A mix: 40%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 40% | No: 40% | Yes: 20%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 36% | No: 36% | Yes: 27%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 70% | Yes: 20% | It's complicated: 10%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 60% | No: 40%Average rating
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Animal cruelty, Animal death, BullyingModerate
Mental illness, Suicide288 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Brilliant, evocative, poetic, savage, this Pulitzer Prize-winning first novel (1934) written when Josephine Winslow Johnson was only 24, depicts a white, middle-class urban family that is turned into dirt-poor farmers by the Depression and the gre...
Community Reviews Summary of 93 reviews
Moods
reflective 68%
dark 52%
emotional 52%
tense 36%
challenging 15%
informative 10%
hopeful 5%
mysterious 5%
Pace
slow 43%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 60% | A mix: 40%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 40% | No: 40% | Yes: 20%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 36% | No: 36% | Yes: 27%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 70% | Yes: 20% | It's complicated: 10%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 60% | No: 40%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Animal cruelty, Animal death, BullyingModerate
Mental illness, Suicide