Compass by Mathias Énard, Charlotte Mandell

448 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction reflective slow-paced

Description

As night falls over Vienna, Franz Ritter, an insomniac musicologist, takes to his sickbed with an unspecified illness and spends a restless night drifting between dreams and memories, revisiting the important chapters of his life: his ongoing fasc...

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Community Reviews Summary of 89 reviews

Moods

reflective 100%
informative 75%
sad 50%
challenging 25%
emotional 25%

Pace

slow 100%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 100%

Strong character development?

No: 66% | It's complicated: 33%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 66% | Yes: 33%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 66% | Yes: 33%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

Average rating

4.13

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