A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride

A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing

Eimear McBride

205 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

 Eimear McBride's debut tells, with astonishing insight and in brutal detail, the story of a young woman's relationship with her brother, and the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumour. Not so much a stream of consciousness, as an unconsci...

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Community Reviews Summary of 1,735 reviews

Moods

dark 90%
challenging 76%
sad 75%
emotional 67%
tense 35%
reflective 31%
mysterious 4%
adventurous 1%
informative 1%

Pace

slow 49%
medium 36%
fast 13%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 68% | A mix: 23% | Plot: 7%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 41% | Yes: 30% | No: 26% | N/A: 1%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 47% | No: 41% | Yes: 9% | N/A: 1%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 81% | It's complicated: 9% | N/A: 5% | Yes: 4%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 77% | It's complicated: 19% | No: 2%

Average rating

3.54

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