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199 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781616952327
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Soho Press
Publication date: 05 March 2013
Description
Mike McCormack's new novel Solar Bones is longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize.About Notes from a Coma JJ O' Malley, adopted from a Romanian orphanage by a single father in the west of Ireland, grows up a permanent outsider, and yet he finds h...
Community Reviews Summary of 68 reviews
Moods
challenging 58%
dark 50%
emotional 41%
sad 33%
mysterious 25%
hopeful 16%
informative 16%
adventurous 8%
tense 8%
Pace
slow 36%
medium 18%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 42% | A mix: 42% | Plot: 14%Strong character development?
Yes: 44% | It's complicated: 33% | No: 11% | N/A: 11%Loveable characters?
Yes: 55% | It's complicated: 33% | No: 11%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 42% | No: 28% | It's complicated: 14% | N/A: 14%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 55% | It's complicated: 33% | No: 11%Average rating
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DeathModerate
Addiction, Vomit, Alcoholism
199 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781616952327
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Soho Press
Publication date: 05 March 2013
Description
Mike McCormack's new novel Solar Bones is longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize.About Notes from a Coma JJ O' Malley, adopted from a Romanian orphanage by a single father in the west of Ireland, grows up a permanent outsider, and yet he finds h...
Community Reviews Summary of 68 reviews
Moods
challenging 58%
dark 50%
emotional 41%
sad 33%
mysterious 25%
hopeful 16%
informative 16%
adventurous 8%
tense 8%
Pace
slow 36%
medium 18%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 42% | A mix: 42% | Plot: 14%Strong character development?
Yes: 44% | It's complicated: 33% | No: 11% | N/A: 11%Loveable characters?
Yes: 55% | It's complicated: 33% | No: 11%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 42% | No: 28% | It's complicated: 14% | N/A: 14%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 55% | It's complicated: 33% | No: 11%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
DeathModerate
Addiction, Vomit, Alcoholism