Ancient Light by John Banville

9 hours, 41 minutes first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction literary reflective slow-paced

Description

The Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea gives us a brilliant, profoundly moving new novel about an actor in the twilight of his life and his career: a meditation on love and loss, and on the inscrutable immediacy of the past in our present ...

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Community Reviews Summary of 121 reviews

Moods

reflective 75%
dark 25%
emotional 25%
lighthearted 25%
tense 25%

Pace

slow 100%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 75% | Character: 25%

Strong character development?

Yes: 50% | It's complicated: 25% | No: 25%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 50% | No: 25% | Yes: 25%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 75% | Yes: 25%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 75% | It's complicated: 25%

Average rating

3.4

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