My Struggle: Book Three by Karl Ove Knausgård

My Struggle: Book Three

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Karl Ove Knausgård with Don Bartlett (Translator)

432 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced

Description

A family of four--mother, father and two boys--move to the South Coast of Norway to a new house on a newly developed site. It is the early 1970s and the family's trajectory, upwardly mobile: the future seems limitless. In painstaking, sometimes se...

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Community Reviews Summary of 417 reviews

Moods

reflective 94%
emotional 64%
dark 35%
sad 35%
funny 23%
adventurous 17%
tense 17%
challenging 11%
lighthearted 11%
relaxing 5%

Pace

medium 70%
slow 29%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 92% | A mix: 7%

Strong character development?

Yes: 75% | It's complicated: 25%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 50% | No: 25% | Yes: 25%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 81% | It's complicated: 9% | Yes: 9%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 91% | It's complicated: 8%

Average rating

4.12

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