512 pages • first pub 1991 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Anchor Books
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In the decade since it won the Booker Prize, Ben Okri's Famished Road has become a classic. Like Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children or Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, it combines brilliant narrative technique with a fres...
Community Reviews Summary of 558 reviews
Moods
reflective 51%
mysterious 46%
adventurous 42%
dark 40%
emotional 25%
funny 8%
sad 8%
tense 8%
inspiring 6%
hopeful 4%
lighthearted 2%
Pace
medium 29%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 50% | A mix: 26% | Plot: 13% | N/A: 10%Strong character development?
Yes: 52% | No: 28% | It's complicated: 16% | N/A: 2%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 57% | Yes: 25% | No: 17%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 70% | It's complicated: 13% | N/A: 8% | No: 8%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 61% | It's complicated: 19% | No: 13% | N/A: 5%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
ViolenceModerate
Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughtsMinor
Colonisation512 pages • first pub 1991 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Anchor Books
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In the decade since it won the Booker Prize, Ben Okri's Famished Road has become a classic. Like Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children or Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, it combines brilliant narrative technique with a fres...
Community Reviews Summary of 558 reviews
Moods
reflective 51%
mysterious 46%
adventurous 42%
dark 40%
emotional 25%
funny 8%
sad 8%
tense 8%
inspiring 6%
hopeful 4%
lighthearted 2%
Pace
medium 29%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 50% | A mix: 26% | Plot: 13% | N/A: 10%Strong character development?
Yes: 52% | No: 28% | It's complicated: 16% | N/A: 2%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 57% | Yes: 25% | No: 17%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 70% | It's complicated: 13% | N/A: 8% | No: 8%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 61% | It's complicated: 19% | No: 13% | N/A: 5%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
ViolenceModerate
Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughtsMinor
Colonisation