Frog Music by Emma Donoghue

Frog Music

Emma Donoghue

403 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical mystery dark mysterious slow-paced

Description

Summer of 1876: San Francisco is in the fierce grip of a record-breaking heat wave and a smallpox epidemic. Through the window of a railroad saloon, a young woman named Jenny Bonnet is shot dead. The survivor, her friend Blanche Beunon, is a Frenc...

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Moods

mysterious 69%
dark 45%
emotional 43%
adventurous 33%
sad 32%
tense 20%
reflective 15%
funny 13%
challenging 11%
hopeful 11%
informative 9%
lighthearted 5%

Pace

medium 48%
slow 44%
fast 7%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 63% | Character: 22% | Plot: 13%

Strong character development?

Yes: 65% | It's complicated: 19% | No: 12% | N/A: 2%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 35% | No: 33% | Yes: 31%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 43% | No: 34% | It's complicated: 19% | N/A: 2%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 77% | No: 11% | It's complicated: 8% | N/A: 2%

Average rating

3.17

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