The Storyteller by Helen Lane, Mario Vargas Llosa

The Storyteller

Helen Lane, Mario Vargas Llosa

245 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction literary challenging reflective slow-paced
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At a small gallery in Florence, a Peruvian writer happens upon a photograph of a tribal storyteller deep in the jungles of the Amazon. He is overcome with the eerie sense that he knows this man...that the storyteller is not an Indian at all but an...

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Community Reviews

3.68
based on 381 reviews

Moods

reflective: 95%

mysterious: 50%

informative: 45%

adventurous: 35%

challenging: 35%

emotional: 25%

inspiring: 15%

sad: 15%

dark: 10%

funny: 5%

hopeful: 5%

Pace

4% of readers chose fast
34% of readers chose medium
60% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

16% of readers chose Plot
44% of readers chose A mix
27% of readers chose Character
11% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

55% of readers chose Yes
38% of readers chose Complicated
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
N/A

Loveable characters?

41% of readers chose Yes
29% of readers chose Complicated
23% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

70% of readers chose Yes
11% of readers chose Complicated
5% of readers chose No
11% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

37% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
25% of readers chose No
12% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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