My Heavenly Favourite by Lucas Rijneveld

My Heavenly Favourite

Lucas Rijneveld with Michele Hutchison (Translator)

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary challenging dark sad slow-paced
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In the tempestuous summer of 2005, a 14-year-old farmer’s daughter makes friends with the local veterinarian who looks after her father’s cows. He has reached ‘the biblical age of seven times seven’ and is trying to escape trauma, while she is try...

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Community Reviews Summary of 396 reviews

Moods

dark 96%
sad 68%
challenging 59%
tense 52%
emotional 46%
reflective 17%
mysterious 2%
adventurous 1%
funny 1%

Pace

slow 51%
medium 40%
fast 8%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 82% | A mix: 16% | Plot: 1%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 43% | Yes: 30% | No: 25%

Loveable characters?

No: 50% | It's complicated: 45% | Yes: 2% | N/A: 1%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 73% | Yes: 14% | N/A: 7% | It's complicated: 4%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 97% | It's complicated: 2%

Average rating

3.91

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