An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine

An Unnecessary Woman

Rabih Alameddine

291 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction literary reflective slow-paced
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Aaliya Saleh lives alone in her Beirut apartment, surrounded by stockpiles of books. Godless, fatherless, childless, and divorced, Aaliya is her family’s ‘unnecessary appendage’. Every year, she translates a new favourite book into Arabic, then st...

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Community Reviews Summary of 1,369 reviews

Moods

reflective 92%
emotional 56%
challenging 27%
sad 25%
funny 23%
hopeful 22%
dark 15%
informative 14%
inspiring 14%
lighthearted 5%
relaxing 5%
adventurous 3%
tense 3%

Pace

slow 67%
medium 32%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 98% | Plot: 1%

Strong character development?

Yes: 54% | It's complicated: 27% | No: 15% | N/A: 2%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 56% | It's complicated: 29% | No: 12% | N/A: 1%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 55% | No: 31% | It's complicated: 10% | N/A: 2%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 71% | It's complicated: 15% | No: 12%

Average rating

3.86

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