Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
Requiem for a Dream
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Hubert Selby Jr.
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Requiem for a Dream

Hubert Selby Jr.

292 pages • first pub 1978 (view editions) user-added

fiction classics literary thriller dark emotional sad medium-paced
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Requiem for a Dream suits readers who can stomach an unflinching, empathy-driven descent into despair and find catharsis in witnessing how ordinary yearnings spiral into irreversible ruin.

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In Coney Island, Brooklyn, Sarah Goldfarb, a lonely widow, wants nothing more than to lose weight and appear on a television game show. She becomes addicted to diet pills in her obsessive quest, while her junkie son, Harry, along with his girlfrie...

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Community Reviews

4.02
based on 3,539 reviews

Moods

dark: 96%

sad: 76%

emotional: 58%

challenging: 52%

tense: 50%

reflective: 30%

adventurous: 3%

informative: 3%

funny: 1%

mysterious: 1%

Pace

18% of readers chose fast
55% of readers chose medium
25% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

3% of readers chose Plot
25% of readers chose A mix
70% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

29% of readers chose Yes
43% of readers chose Complicated
26% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

15% of readers chose Yes
55% of readers chose Complicated
27% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

70% of readers chose Yes
11% of readers chose Complicated
14% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

95% of readers chose Yes
3% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

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