Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy

Stella Maris

The Passenger #2

Cormac McCarthy

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190 pages | first published 2022

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The best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with the second of a two-volume masterpiece: Stella Maris is an intimate portrait of grief and longing, as a young woman in a psychiatric facility seeks to understand her own exis...
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Summary of 161 reviews

Moods

dark 77%
reflective 76%
challenging 71%
sad 51%
emotional 41%
mysterious 19%
informative 18%
tense 13%
funny 8%
hopeful 1%

Pace

medium 53%
slow 25%
fast 21%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 95% | N/A: 4%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 38% | No: 34% | Yes: 27%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 47% | Yes: 33% | No: 19%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 73% | Yes: 10% | N/A: 8% | It's complicated: 7%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 87% | It's complicated: 12%

Average rating

4.13

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