Swimming Back to Trout River by Linda Rui Feng

Swimming Back to Trout River

Linda Rui Feng

260 pages • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Description

In the summer of 1986, in a small Chinese village, ten-year-old Junie receives a momentous letter from her parents, who had left for America years ago: her father promises to return home and collect her by her twelfth birthday. But Junie’s growing...

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Community Reviews Summary of 314 reviews

Moods

emotional 83%
reflective 76%
sad 65%
hopeful 20%
informative 12%
inspiring 11%
challenging 10%
dark 10%
adventurous 6%
mysterious 4%
tense 2%
funny 1%

Pace

medium 50%
slow 40%
fast 10%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 75% | A mix: 24%

Strong character development?

Yes: 76% | It's complicated: 22% | No: 1%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 54% | It's complicated: 40% | No: 4% | N/A: 1%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 83% | No: 10% | It's complicated: 4% | N/A: 1%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 71% | It's complicated: 24% | No: 2% | N/A: 1%

Average rating

3.96

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