Prairie Ostrich by Tamai Kobayashi

Prairie Ostrich

Tamai Kobayashi

200 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ reflective medium-paced

Description

Bookish, eight-year-old Egg Murakami lives on her family’s ostrich farm in rural, southern Alberta. It is the end of the summer, 1974. Since her brother’s death, her Mama curls inside a whiskey bottle and her Papa shuts himself in the barn. Big si...

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Community Reviews Summary of 78 reviews

Moods

emotional 73%
reflective 60%
dark 40%
sad 40%
challenging 13%
adventurous 6%
funny 6%
hopeful 6%

Pace

medium 78%
slow 14%
fast 7%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 84% | A mix: 7% | Plot: 7%

Strong character development?

Yes: 76% | It's complicated: 23%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 83% | It's complicated: 8% | No: 8%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 83% | It's complicated: 8% | No: 8%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 58% | No: 25% | It's complicated: 16%

Average rating

4.04

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