A Widow for One Year by John Irving

A Widow for One Year

John Irving

537 pages • first pub 1998 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced
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“One night when she was four and sleeping in the bottom bunk of her bunk bed, Ruth Cole woke to the sound of lovemaking—it was coming from her parents’ bedroom.”This sentence opens John Irving’s ninth novel, A Widow for One Year, a story of a fami...

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Community Reviews Summary of 1,625 reviews

Moods

emotional 78%
reflective 69%
dark 39%
sad 39%
funny 34%
hopeful 30%
challenging 21%
inspiring 13%
adventurous 8%
lighthearted 4%
mysterious 4%
relaxing 4%
tense 4%

Pace

slow 56%
medium 40%
fast 4%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 60% | A mix: 40%

Strong character development?

Yes: 63% | It's complicated: 31% | No: 5%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 44% | Yes: 38% | No: 16%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 77% | Yes: 16% | It's complicated: 5%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 66% | It's complicated: 33%

Average rating

3.69

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