Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Death, Vomit, GriefModerate
Infidelity, Sexual content, RacismMinor
Body shaming, Fatphobia, StalkingCommunity Reviews
Summary of 6709 reviews
Moods
reflective 65%
sad 35%
hopeful 34%
lighthearted 16%
adventurous 15%
inspiring 12%
relaxing 11%
funny 5%
challenging 4%
informative 3%
tense 2%
dark 1%
Pace
medium 44%
fast 6%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 70% | A mix: 21% | Plot: 7%Strong character development?
Yes: 75% | It's complicated: 14% | No: 10%Loveable characters?
Yes: 59% | It's complicated: 23% | No: 16%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 66% | Yes: 20% | It's complicated: 9% | N/A: 4%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 51% | No: 33% | It's complicated: 13% | N/A: 1%Average rating
262 pages | first published 2009
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ISBN/UID: 9781439138311
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Publication date: 05 May 2009
Description
Hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking, Colm Tóibín's sixth novel, Brooklyn, is set in Brooklyn and Ireland in the early 1950s, when one young woman crosses the ocean to make a new life for herself.Eilis Lacey has come of age in small-town Ireland...Book Information
262 pages | first published 2009
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ISBN/UID: 9781439138311
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Publication date: 05 May 2009
Description
Hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking, Colm Tóibín's sixth novel, Brooklyn, is set in Brooklyn and Ireland in the early 1950s, when one young woman crosses the ocean to make a new life for herself.Eilis Lacey has come of age in small-town Ireland...Book information
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Death, Vomit, GriefModerate
Infidelity, Sexual content, RacismMinor
Body shaming, Fatphobia, StalkingCommunity Reviews
Summary of 6709 reviews
Moods
reflective 65%
sad 35%
hopeful 34%
lighthearted 16%
adventurous 15%
inspiring 12%
relaxing 11%
funny 5%
challenging 4%
informative 3%
tense 2%
dark 1%
Pace
medium 44%
fast 6%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 70% | A mix: 21% | Plot: 7%Strong character development?
Yes: 75% | It's complicated: 14% | No: 10%Loveable characters?
Yes: 59% | It's complicated: 23% | No: 16%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 66% | Yes: 20% | It's complicated: 9% | N/A: 4%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 51% | No: 33% | It's complicated: 13% | N/A: 1%Average rating