252 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780670918126
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Viking
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking, Colm Tóibín's sixth novel, Brooklyn, is set in Brooklyn and Ireland in the early 1950s, when one young woman crosses the ocean to make a new life for herself.Eilis Lacey has come of age in small-town Ireland...
Community Reviews Summary of 7,537 reviews
Moods
reflective 64%
sad 35%
hopeful 32%
lighthearted 16%
adventurous 14%
inspiring 12%
relaxing 12%
funny 5%
challenging 4%
informative 3%
tense 3%
dark 1%
Pace
medium 43%
fast 6%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 70% | A mix: 21% | Plot: 7%Strong character development?
Yes: 74% | It's complicated: 13% | No: 12%Loveable characters?
Yes: 58% | It's complicated: 23% | No: 16%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 66% | Yes: 19% | It's complicated: 10% | N/A: 4%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 50% | No: 31% | It's complicated: 15% | N/A: 2%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Grief, Death, Sexual contentModerate
Infidelity, Racism, Body shamingMinor
Fatphobia, Antisemitism, Stalking252 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780670918126
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Viking
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking, Colm Tóibín's sixth novel, Brooklyn, is set in Brooklyn and Ireland in the early 1950s, when one young woman crosses the ocean to make a new life for herself.Eilis Lacey has come of age in small-town Ireland...
Community Reviews Summary of 7,537 reviews
Moods
reflective 64%
sad 35%
hopeful 32%
lighthearted 16%
adventurous 14%
inspiring 12%
relaxing 12%
funny 5%
challenging 4%
informative 3%
tense 3%
dark 1%
Pace
medium 43%
fast 6%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 70% | A mix: 21% | Plot: 7%Strong character development?
Yes: 74% | It's complicated: 13% | No: 12%Loveable characters?
Yes: 58% | It's complicated: 23% | No: 16%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 66% | Yes: 19% | It's complicated: 10% | N/A: 4%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 50% | No: 31% | It's complicated: 15% | N/A: 2%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Grief, Death, Sexual contentModerate
Infidelity, Racism, Body shamingMinor
Fatphobia, Antisemitism, Stalking