The Coming Bad Days by Sarah Bernstein

The Coming Bad Days

Sarah Bernstein

263 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
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A woman leaves the man she lives with and moves to a low stone cottage in a university town. She joins an academic department and, high up in her office on the thirteenth floor, begins a research project on the poet Paul Celan. She knows nothing o...

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Community Reviews Summary of 83 reviews

Moods

reflective 72%
dark 63%
emotional 45%
mysterious 45%
tense 45%
challenging 27%
sad 27%
funny 9%
adventurous 4%
hopeful 4%

Pace

slow 45%
medium 40%
fast 13%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 90% | A mix: 9%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 50% | No: 40% | Yes: 10%

Loveable characters?

No: 40% | It's complicated: 40% | N/A: 10% | Yes: 10%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 90% | N/A: 10%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

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

Average rating

3.61

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