Prodigieuses créatures by Tracy Chevalier

Prodigieuses créatures

Tracy Chevalier with Anouk Neuhoff (Translator)

384 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical informative inspiring slow-paced

Description

"La foudre m'a frappée toute ma vie. Mais une seule fois pour de vrai." Dans les années 1810, à Lyme Regis, sur la côte du Dorset battue par les vents, Mary Anning découvre ses premiers fossiles et se passionne pour ces "prodigieuses créatures" do...

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Moods

informative 72%
inspiring 50%
reflective 42%
emotional 30%
adventurous 29%
hopeful 18%
sad 13%
lighthearted 11%
relaxing 11%
challenging 7%
funny 4%
mysterious 4%
dark 2%
tense 2%

Pace

medium 49%
slow 41%
fast 9%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 61% | A mix: 35% | Plot: 2%

Strong character development?

Yes: 77% | It's complicated: 10% | No: 10% | N/A: 1%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 76% | It's complicated: 18% | No: 5%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 74% | Yes: 16% | It's complicated: 8% | N/A: 1%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 60% | No: 23% | It's complicated: 13% | N/A: 2%

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3.73

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