Night Waking by Sarah Moss

Night Waking

Sarah Moss

378 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Description

Historian Anna Bennett has a book to write. She also has an insomniac toddler, a precocious, death-obsessed seven-year-old, and a frequently-absent ecologist husband who has brought them all to Colsay, a desolate island in the Hebrides, so he can ...

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Community Reviews Summary of 184 reviews

Moods

emotional 82%
reflective 76%
dark 58%
mysterious 58%
funny 23%
informative 23%
challenging 17%
hopeful 17%
sad 17%
inspiring 11%
tense 5%

Pace

slow 57%
medium 42%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 50% | Character: 50%

Strong character development?

Yes: 53% | It's complicated: 23% | No: 23%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 40% | Yes: 40% | No: 20%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 86% | It's complicated: 13%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 85% | It's complicated: 7% | No: 7%

Average rating

4.01

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