224 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780811227827
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publication date: 29 May 2018
Description
For sheer unpredictable brilliance, Gogol may come to mind, but no author alive today takes a reader as far as Helen DeWitt into the funniest, most yonder dimensions of possibility. Her jumping-off points might be statistics, romance, the art worl...
Community Reviews Summary of 143 reviews
Moods
funny 44%
informative 33%
lighthearted 33%
reflective 33%
adventurous 11%
emotional 11%
mysterious 11%
Pace
slow 12%
fast 12%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 40% | Character: 40% | Plot: 20%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 42% | Yes: 28% | N/A: 14% | No: 14%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 57% | No: 28% | Yes: 14%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 71% | No: 28%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 50% | It's complicated: 16% | N/A: 16% | No: 16%Average rating
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224 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780811227827
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publication date: 29 May 2018
Description
For sheer unpredictable brilliance, Gogol may come to mind, but no author alive today takes a reader as far as Helen DeWitt into the funniest, most yonder dimensions of possibility. Her jumping-off points might be statistics, romance, the art worl...
Community Reviews Summary of 143 reviews
Moods
funny 44%
informative 33%
lighthearted 33%
reflective 33%
adventurous 11%
emotional 11%
mysterious 11%
Pace
slow 12%
fast 12%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 40% | Character: 40% | Plot: 20%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 42% | Yes: 28% | N/A: 14% | No: 14%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 57% | No: 28% | Yes: 14%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 71% | No: 28%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 50% | It's complicated: 16% | N/A: 16% | No: 16%Average rating
Content Warnings
This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!
If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.