Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

Beautiful Ruins

Jess Walter

368 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
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The story begins in 1962. On a rocky patch of the sun-drenched Italian coastline, a young innkeeper, chest-deep in daydreams, looks out over the incandescent waters of the Ligurian Sea and spies an apparition: a tall, thin woman, a vision in white...

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Community Reviews

3.64
based on 14,855 reviews

Moods

emotional: 75%

reflective: 63%

hopeful: 37%

sad: 27%

adventurous: 25%

funny: 21%

inspiring: 16%

lighthearted: 13%

mysterious: 12%

relaxing: 7%

challenging: 4%

dark: 3%

tense: 2%

informative: 1%

Pace

7% of readers chose fast
62% of readers chose medium
29% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

10% of readers chose Plot
43% of readers chose A mix
45% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

70% of readers chose Yes
18% of readers chose Complicated
10% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

45% of readers chose Yes
36% of readers chose Complicated
17% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

40% of readers chose Yes
9% of readers chose Complicated
47% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

71% of readers chose Yes
16% of readers chose Complicated
11% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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