The Marriage Box by Corie Adjmi

The Marriage Box

Corie Adjmi

256 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical romance emotional reflective medium-paced

Description

Casey Cohen, a Middle Eastern Jew, is a sixteen-year-old in New Orleans in the 1970s when she starts hanging out with the wrong crowd. Then she gets in trouble—and her parents turn her whole world upside down by deciding to return to their roots, ...

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Community Reviews Summary of 16 reviews

Moods

emotional 63%
reflective 54%
challenging 27%
informative 27%
hopeful 18%
lighthearted 18%
sad 18%
adventurous 9%
dark 9%
tense 9%

Pace

medium 70%
fast 20%
slow 10%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 71% | A mix: 28%

Strong character development?

Yes: 57% | No: 28% | It's complicated: 14%

Loveable characters?

No: 85% | It's complicated: 14%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 57% | No: 42%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 71% | It's complicated: 14% | No: 14%

Average rating

3.2

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