Eight Months on Ghazzah Street by Hilary Mantel

Eight Months on Ghazzah Street

Hilary Mantel

320 pages first pub 1988 (editions)

fiction contemporary mystery mysterious reflective slow-paced

Description

Frances Shore is a cartographer by trade, a maker of maps, but when her husband's work takes her to Saudi Arabia she finds herself unable to map the Kingdom's areas of internal darkness. The regime is corrupt and harsh, the expatriates are hard-dr...

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Community Reviews Summary of 116 reviews

Moods

challenging 100%
mysterious 100%
tense 100%
dark 66%
emotional 66%
reflective 66%
funny 33%
informative 33%
sad 33%

Pace

medium 100%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 66% | A mix: 33%

Strong character development?

Yes: 66% | No: 33%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 66% | No: 33%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 66% | No: 33%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 100%

Average rating

3.53

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