Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara

Appointment in Samarra

John O'Hara

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fiction classics reflective sad medium-paced

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...

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Community Reviews Summary of 489 reviews

Moods

dark 75%
reflective 50%
sad 50%
tense 33%
emotional 25%
funny 25%
challenging 16%
informative 8%

Pace

medium 69%
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

3.66

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