Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen

Beautiful Losers

Leonard Cohen

264 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction literary reflective slow-paced

Description

One of the best-known experimental novels of the 1960s, Beautiful Losers is Cohen’s most defiant and uninhibited work. The novel centres upon the hapless members of a love triangle united by their sexual obsessions and by their fascination with Ca...

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Community Reviews Summary of 374 reviews

Moods

challenging 84%
reflective 69%
dark 61%
tense 46%
emotional 38%
sad 38%
mysterious 23%
funny 15%
inspiring 15%
adventurous 7%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 41%
fast 8%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 72% | A mix: 18% | N/A: 9%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 80% | No: 10% | Yes: 10%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 50% | No: 50%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 55% | It's complicated: 22% | N/A: 11% | No: 11%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 88% | It's complicated: 11%

Average rating

3.43

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