The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

The English Patient

Michael Ondaatje

320 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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With unsettling beauty and intelligence, this Golden Man 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 he...

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Moods

emotional 73%
reflective 68%
sad 51%
challenging 41%
dark 35%
mysterious 34%
adventurous 23%
tense 18%
informative 12%
hopeful 6%
inspiring 5%
relaxing 2%
funny 1%

Pace

slow 71%
medium 26%
fast 2%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 63% | A mix: 28% | Plot: 6% | N/A: 1%

Strong character development?

Yes: 51% | It's complicated: 26% | No: 21%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 36% | It's complicated: 35% | No: 28%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 81% | No: 12% | It's complicated: 4% | N/A: 1%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 64% | It's complicated: 22% | No: 10% | N/A: 2%

Average rating

3.65

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