448 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780525534334
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Publication date: 22 October 2019
Description
An amazing achievement. . . A compulsively readable novel, so canny and weird and surfeited with the reality of human capacity and ingenuity that I am stymied for comparison. Dickens and David Lynch? Defoe meets Margaret Atwood? Judge for yourself...
Community Reviews Summary of 1,047 reviews
Moods
sad 59%
emotional 43%
informative 40%
reflective 32%
adventurous 31%
tense 22%
mysterious 19%
challenging 16%
inspiring 16%
funny 12%
lighthearted 9%
hopeful 7%
relaxing 3%
Pace
slow 37%
fast 8%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 56% | Character: 34% | Plot: 7% | N/A: 1%Strong character development?
Yes: 63% | No: 17% | It's complicated: 16% | N/A: 2%Loveable characters?
Yes: 43% | It's complicated: 42% | No: 13%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 54% | Yes: 24% | It's complicated: 14% | N/A: 6%Flaws of characters a main focus?
No: 43% | Yes: 32% | It's complicated: 16% | N/A: 7%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Death of parent, Death, SuicideModerate
Violence, Grief, ConfinementMinor
Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Sexual content448 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780525534334
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Publication date: 22 October 2019
Description
An amazing achievement. . . A compulsively readable novel, so canny and weird and surfeited with the reality of human capacity and ingenuity that I am stymied for comparison. Dickens and David Lynch? Defoe meets Margaret Atwood? Judge for yourself...
Community Reviews Summary of 1,047 reviews
Moods
sad 59%
emotional 43%
informative 40%
reflective 32%
adventurous 31%
tense 22%
mysterious 19%
challenging 16%
inspiring 16%
funny 12%
lighthearted 9%
hopeful 7%
relaxing 3%
Pace
slow 37%
fast 8%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 56% | Character: 34% | Plot: 7% | N/A: 1%Strong character development?
Yes: 63% | No: 17% | It's complicated: 16% | N/A: 2%Loveable characters?
Yes: 43% | It's complicated: 42% | No: 13%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 54% | Yes: 24% | It's complicated: 14% | N/A: 6%Flaws of characters a main focus?
No: 43% | Yes: 32% | It's complicated: 16% | N/A: 7%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Death of parent, Death, SuicideModerate
Violence, Grief, ConfinementMinor
Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Sexual content