Celestial Navigation by Anne Tyler

Celestial Navigation

Anne Tyler

288 pages first pub 1974 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

Thirty-eight-year-old Jeremy Pauling has never left home. He lives on the top floor of a Baltimore row house where he creates collages of little people snipped from wrapping paper. His elderly mother putters in the rooms below, until her death. An...

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Community Reviews Summary of 115 reviews

Moods

reflective 100%
challenging 33%
emotional 33%
hopeful 33%
lighthearted 33%
sad 33%

Pace

slow 33%
medium 33%
fast 33%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 100%

Strong character development?

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

Loveable characters?

Yes: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 100%

Average rating

3.66

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