Eight Months on Ghazzah Street by Hilary Mantel

Eight Months on Ghazzah Street

Hilary Mantel

289 pages first pub 1988 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary mystery mysterious reflective slow-paced

Description

Frances Shore is a cartographer by trade, a maker of maps, but when her husband's work takes her to Saudi Arabia she finds herself unable to map the Kingdom's areas of internal darkness. The regime is corrupt and harsh, the expatriates are hard-dr...

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Community Reviews Summary of 121 reviews

Moods

mysterious 100%
challenging 75%
dark 75%
tense 75%
emotional 50%
informative 50%
reflective 50%
funny 25%
sad 25%

Pace

medium 100%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 75% | A mix: 25%

Strong character development?

Yes: 66% | No: 33%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 66% | No: 33%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 66% | No: 33%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 100%

Average rating

3.52

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