The Flicker of Old Dreams by Susan Henderson

The Flicker of Old Dreams

Susan Henderson

320 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

With the quiet precision of Jane Smiley’s A Thousand Acres and the technical clarity of Mary Roach’s Stiff, this is a novel about a young woman who comes most alive while working in her father’s mortuary in a small, forgotten Midwestern town“The d...

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Community Reviews Summary of 61 reviews

Moods

emotional 80%
reflective 80%
sad 80%
dark 40%
hopeful 20%
tense 20%

Pace

slow 57%
medium 28%
fast 14%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 100%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 50%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 66% | No: 33%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 83% | It's complicated: 16%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

Average rating

3.75

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