Make Your Home Among Strangers by Jennine Capo Crucet

Make Your Home Among Strangers

Jennine Capo Crucet

fiction contemporary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

388 pages | first published 2015

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The arresting debut novel from award-winning writer Jennine Capó Crucet When Lizet—the daughter of Cuban immigrants and the first in her family to graduate from high school—secretly applies and is accepted to an ultra-elite college, her parents a...
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Summary of 336 reviews

Moods

emotional 100%
reflective 71%
challenging 42%
tense 42%
sad 28%
funny 14%

Pace

medium 62%
slow 37%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 57% | Character: 42%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 50%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 50% | No: 33% | It's complicated: 16%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 83% | It's complicated: 16%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 66% | It's complicated: 16% | No: 16%

Average rating

3.69

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