Women Talking by Miriam Toews

Women Talking

Miriam Toews

fiction contemporary dark slow-paced

240 pages | first published 2018

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National Bestseller, Winner of the Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize for Fiction, Shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Fiction, Shortlisted for the Reading Women Award"This amazing, sad, shocking, but touching novel, based on a re...
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Summary of 3830 reviews

Moods

dark 72%
reflective 59%
emotional 56%
challenging 49%
sad 42%
tense 33%
hopeful 26%
inspiring 14%
funny 9%
informative 8%
mysterious 3%
adventurous 1%

Pace

slow 55%
medium 32%
fast 11%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 72% | A mix: 15% | Plot: 10%

Strong character development?

Yes: 47% | It's complicated: 34% | No: 16% | N/A: 2%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 49% | It's complicated: 38% | No: 10% | N/A: 2%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 64% | It's complicated: 15% | Yes: 13% | N/A: 6%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 36% | No: 30% | It's complicated: 26% | N/A: 6%

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3.69

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