The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

The English Patient

Michael Ondaatje

306 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

With unsettling beauty and intelligence, Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an abandoned Italian villa at the end of World War II.The nurse Hana, exhausted by death, obsessively tends to ...

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Moods

emotional 73%
reflective 69%
sad 52%
challenging 41%
dark 34%
mysterious 34%
adventurous 21%
tense 18%
informative 11%
hopeful 4%
inspiring 4%
funny 1%
relaxing 1%

Pace

slow 71%
medium 27%
fast 1%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 60% | A mix: 33% | Plot: 6%

Strong character development?

Yes: 53% | It's complicated: 22% | No: 22%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 37% | It's complicated: 33% | No: 28%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 78% | No: 14% | It's complicated: 4% | N/A: 1%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 60% | It's complicated: 26% | No: 11% | N/A: 1%

Average rating

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