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6 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781978645332
Format: Audio
Language: English
Publisher: Audible Studios on Brilliance
Publication date: 02 May 2019
Description
In this striking and bleak, yet luminous debut collection, Nathan Ballingrud, winner of the inaugural Shirley Jackson Award, uses the trappings of the Gothic and the uncanny to investigate a distinctly American landscape: The loneliest and darkest...
Community Reviews Summary of 862 reviews
Moods
mysterious 60%
tense 54%
emotional 44%
sad 43%
reflective 31%
challenging 25%
adventurous 8%
funny 1%
hopeful 1%
Pace
fast 29%
slow 10%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 51% | Character: 27% | Plot: 14% | N/A: 7%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 49% | Yes: 20% | No: 16% | N/A: 13%Loveable characters?
No: 50% | It's complicated: 40% | N/A: 6% | Yes: 2%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 54% | No: 29% | It's complicated: 9% | N/A: 6%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 80% | It's complicated: 10% | N/A: 4% | No: 3%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Animal death, Suicide, RacismModerate
Abandonment, Death, Murder
6 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781978645332
Format: Audio
Language: English
Publisher: Audible Studios on Brilliance
Publication date: 02 May 2019
Description
In this striking and bleak, yet luminous debut collection, Nathan Ballingrud, winner of the inaugural Shirley Jackson Award, uses the trappings of the Gothic and the uncanny to investigate a distinctly American landscape: The loneliest and darkest...
Community Reviews Summary of 862 reviews
Moods
mysterious 60%
tense 54%
emotional 44%
sad 43%
reflective 31%
challenging 25%
adventurous 8%
funny 1%
hopeful 1%
Pace
fast 29%
slow 10%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 51% | Character: 27% | Plot: 14% | N/A: 7%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 49% | Yes: 20% | No: 16% | N/A: 13%Loveable characters?
No: 50% | It's complicated: 40% | N/A: 6% | Yes: 2%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 54% | No: 29% | It's complicated: 9% | N/A: 6%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 80% | It's complicated: 10% | N/A: 4% | No: 3%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Animal death, Suicide, RacismModerate
Abandonment, Death, Murder