186 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781637110003
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Ishi Press
Publication date: 29 October 2020
Description
O’Hara did for fictional Gibbsville, Pennsylvania what Faulkner did for Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi: surveyed its social life and drew its psychic outlines, but he did it in utterly worldly terms, without Faulkner’s taste for mythic inferenc...
Community Reviews Summary of 484 reviews
Moods
reflective 50%
sad 50%
tense 33%
emotional 25%
funny 25%
challenging 16%
informative 8%
Pace
slow 15%
fast 15%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 75% | A mix: 25%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 60% | Yes: 20% | N/A: 10% | No: 10%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 45% | No: 45% | N/A: 9%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 88% | Yes: 11%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 90% | No: 9%Average rating
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Infidelity186 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781637110003
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Ishi Press
Publication date: 29 October 2020
Description
O’Hara did for fictional Gibbsville, Pennsylvania what Faulkner did for Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi: surveyed its social life and drew its psychic outlines, but he did it in utterly worldly terms, without Faulkner’s taste for mythic inferenc...
Community Reviews Summary of 484 reviews
Moods
reflective 50%
sad 50%
tense 33%
emotional 25%
funny 25%
challenging 16%
informative 8%
Pace
slow 15%
fast 15%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 75% | A mix: 25%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 60% | Yes: 20% | N/A: 10% | No: 10%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 45% | No: 45% | N/A: 9%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 88% | Yes: 11%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 90% | No: 9%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
SuicideMinor
Infidelity