Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Child death, Gore, IncestModerate
Racial slurs, MurderMinor
Animal deathCommunity Reviews
Summary of 723 reviews
Moods
challenging 46%
mysterious 46%
tense 42%
sad 40%
reflective 24%
emotional 22%
adventurous 18%
funny 2%
Pace
medium 41%
fast 10%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 50% | A mix: 23% | Plot: 23% | N/A: 2%Strong character development?
No: 45% | It's complicated: 43% | Yes: 10%Loveable characters?
No: 73% | It's complicated: 26%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 54% | It's complicated: 18% | Yes: 18% | N/A: 8%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 74% | N/A: 10% | No: 10% | It's complicated: 5%Average rating
256 pages | first published 1968
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ISBN/UID: 9780679728733
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage
Publication date: 29 June 1993
Description
A novel at once fabular and starkly evocative, set is an unspecified place in Appalachia, sometime around the turn of the century. A woman bears her brother’s child, a boy; he leaves the baby in the woods and tells her he died of natural causes...Book Information
256 pages | first published 1968
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ISBN/UID: 9780679728733
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage
Publication date: 29 June 1993
Description
A novel at once fabular and starkly evocative, set is an unspecified place in Appalachia, sometime around the turn of the century. A woman bears her brother’s child, a boy; he leaves the baby in the woods and tells her he died of natural causes...Book information
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Child death, Gore, IncestModerate
Racial slurs, MurderMinor
Animal deathCommunity Reviews
Summary of 723 reviews
Moods
challenging 46%
mysterious 46%
tense 42%
sad 40%
reflective 24%
emotional 22%
adventurous 18%
funny 2%
Pace
medium 41%
fast 10%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 50% | A mix: 23% | Plot: 23% | N/A: 2%Strong character development?
No: 45% | It's complicated: 43% | Yes: 10%Loveable characters?
No: 73% | It's complicated: 26%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 54% | It's complicated: 18% | Yes: 18% | N/A: 8%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 74% | N/A: 10% | No: 10% | It's complicated: 5%Average rating