The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk

The White Castle

Orhan Pamuk

195 pages first pub 1985 (editions) user-added

fiction historical challenging reflective slow-paced

Description

From a Turkish writer who has been compared with Joyce, Nabokov, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez comes a dazzling novel that is at once a captivating work of historical fiction and a sinuous treatise on the enigma of identity and the relations between ...

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Community Reviews Summary of 266 reviews

Moods

reflective 69%
mysterious 46%
challenging 38%
adventurous 30%
dark 15%
emotional 15%
tense 15%
hopeful 7%
informative 7%
inspiring 7%
sad 7%

Pace

slow 46%
medium 38%
fast 15%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 72% | A mix: 18% | N/A: 9%

Strong character development?

Yes: 45% | It's complicated: 36% | N/A: 9% | No: 9%

Loveable characters?

No: 54% | It's complicated: 27% | N/A: 9% | Yes: 9%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 50% | No: 30% | It's complicated: 20%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 81% | N/A: 9% | No: 9%

Average rating

3.26

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