Taboo by Kim Scott

Taboo

Kim Scott

287 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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From the two-times winner of the Miles Franklin AwardFrom Kim Scott, two-times winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, comes a work charged with ambition and poetry, in equal parts brutal, mysterious and idealistic, about a young woman cast i...

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Community Reviews Summary of 172 reviews

Moods

challenging 76%
dark 76%
emotional 52%
reflective 52%
tense 28%
hopeful 19%
mysterious 19%
sad 14%
informative 4%

Pace

slow 55%
medium 35%
fast 10%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 42% | A mix: 42% | Plot: 14%

Strong character development?

Yes: 69% | It's complicated: 23% | No: 7%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 53% | No: 23% | Yes: 23%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 85% | No: 14%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 61% | It's complicated: 23% | No: 15%

Average rating

3.52

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