The Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner

The Big Rock Candy Mountain

Wallace Stegner with Robert Stone

656 pages • first pub 1943 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

Bo Mason, his wife, and two boys live a transient life of poverty and despair. Drifting from town to town and from state to state, the violent, ruthless Bo seeks his fortune, eventually becoming a rum-runner in the American Northwest

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Moods

emotional 75%
sad 75%
reflective 62%
dark 37%
adventurous 25%
tense 25%
challenging 12%
hopeful 12%
inspiring 12%

Pace

slow 75%
medium 25%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 100%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 42% | Yes: 42% | No: 14%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 71% | No: 28%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 85% | It's complicated: 14%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

Average rating

4.07

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