Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Racial slurs, Racism, MurderModerate
Rape, Child abuse, AlcoholMinor
Suicide, Domestic abuse, HomophobiaCommunity Reviews
Summary of 1450 reviews
Moods
dark 67%
tense 48%
emotional 36%
sad 32%
adventurous 26%
reflective 25%
challenging 23%
hopeful 7%
funny 3%
inspiring 3%
Pace
slow 44%
fast 3%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 68% | Character: 15% | Plot: 15%Strong character development?
Yes: 67% | It's complicated: 21% | No: 11%Loveable characters?
No: 43% | It's complicated: 37% | Yes: 19%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 57% | It's complicated: 20% | No: 20% | N/A: 2%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 62% | It's complicated: 28% | No: 8% | N/A: 2%Average rating
264 pages | first published 2009
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ISBN/UID: 9780062048745
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: William Morrow
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Tom Franklin's extraordinary talent has been hailed by the leading lights of contemporary literature—Philip Roth, Richard Ford, Lee Smith, and Dennis Lebanese. Reviewers have called his fiction “ingenious” (USA Today) and “compulsively readable” (...Book Information
264 pages | first published 2009
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ISBN/UID: 9780062048745
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: William Morrow
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Tom Franklin's extraordinary talent has been hailed by the leading lights of contemporary literature—Philip Roth, Richard Ford, Lee Smith, and Dennis Lebanese. Reviewers have called his fiction “ingenious” (USA Today) and “compulsively readable” (...Book information
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Racial slurs, Racism, MurderModerate
Rape, Child abuse, AlcoholMinor
Suicide, Domestic abuse, HomophobiaCommunity Reviews
Summary of 1450 reviews
Moods
dark 67%
tense 48%
emotional 36%
sad 32%
adventurous 26%
reflective 25%
challenging 23%
hopeful 7%
funny 3%
inspiring 3%
Pace
slow 44%
fast 3%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 68% | Character: 15% | Plot: 15%Strong character development?
Yes: 67% | It's complicated: 21% | No: 11%Loveable characters?
No: 43% | It's complicated: 37% | Yes: 19%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 57% | It's complicated: 20% | No: 20% | N/A: 2%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 62% | It's complicated: 28% | No: 8% | N/A: 2%Average rating