Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022 by Maddie Mortimer

Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022

Maddie Mortimer

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Description

Something gleeful and malevolent is moving in Lia’s body, learning her life from the inside out. A shape-shifter. A disaster tourist. It’s travelling down the banks of her canals. It’s spreading.When a sudden diagnosis upends Lia’s world, the boun...

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Community Reviews Summary of 511 reviews

Moods

emotional 90%
sad 82%
reflective 77%
challenging 44%
dark 43%
funny 12%
hopeful 11%
inspiring 9%
mysterious 7%
tense 7%
informative 5%
adventurous 3%

Pace

medium 62%
slow 35%
fast 2%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 74% | A mix: 23% | Plot: 1%

Strong character development?

Yes: 62% | It's complicated: 26% | No: 10%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 64% | It's complicated: 27% | No: 8%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 80% | It's complicated: 9% | Yes: 9% | N/A: 1%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 62% | It's complicated: 24% | No: 11% | N/A: 1%

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