The Boat Runner by Devin Murphy

The Boat Runner

Devin Murphy

400 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical emotional sad slow-paced
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National Bestseller In the tradition of All The Light We Cannot See and The Nightingale, comes an incandescent debut novel about a young Dutch man who comes of age during the perilousness of World War II.Beginning in the summer of 1939, fourteen-...

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Community Reviews

3.71
based on 382 reviews

Moods

emotional: 77%

adventurous: 61%

sad: 61%

tense: 55%

dark: 38%

reflective: 33%

challenging: 27%

informative: 22%

mysterious: 16%

inspiring: 11%

Pace

75% of readers chose medium
25% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

20% of readers chose Plot
30% of readers chose A mix
50% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

80% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

Loveable characters?

18% of readers chose Yes
72% of readers chose Complicated
9% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

40% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
40% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

90% of readers chose Yes
10% of readers chose No
Yes
No

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