Taboo by Kim Scott

Taboo

Kim Scott

9 hours, 18 minutes first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

From the two-times winner of the Miles Franklin AwardFrom Kim Scott, two-times winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, comes a work charged with ambition and poetry, in equal parts brutal, mysterious and idealistic, about a young woman cast i...

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Community Reviews Summary of 141 reviews

Moods

challenging 71%
dark 71%
reflective 64%
emotional 42%
hopeful 28%
mysterious 28%
tense 21%
informative 7%
sad 7%

Pace

slow 42%
medium 42%
fast 14%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 41% | Character: 41% | Plot: 16%

Strong character development?

Yes: 63% | It's complicated: 27% | No: 9%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 63% | No: 27% | Yes: 9%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 91% | No: 8%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 54% | It's complicated: 27% | No: 18%

Average rating

3.56

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