Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey

Oscar and Lucinda

Peter Carey

448 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

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The Booker Prize-winning novel--now a major motion picture from Fox Searchlight Pictures. This sweeping, irrepressibly inventive novel, is a romance, but a romance of the sort that could only take place in nineteenth-century Australia. For only on...

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Community Reviews Summary of 936 reviews

Moods

emotional 64%
dark 53%
reflective 53%
adventurous 46%
challenging 42%
sad 39%
funny 25%
tense 17%
informative 10%
inspiring 7%
mysterious 7%
hopeful 3%
lighthearted 3%

Pace

slow 59%
medium 40%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 60% | A mix: 40%

Strong character development?

Yes: 67% | It's complicated: 21% | No: 10%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 35% | No: 32% | Yes: 32%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 70% | Yes: 18% | It's complicated: 7% | N/A: 3%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 96% | It's complicated: 3%

Average rating

3.58

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