336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781529083439
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 27 September 2022
Description
Briefly, A Delicious Life tells the story of Frédéric Chopin and George Sand’s brief and mostly disastrous stay in an empty monastery in Valldemossa in Mallorca in 1838.The novel is narrated by Blanca, the ghost of a girl who has been at the monas...
Community Reviews Summary of 500 reviews
Moods
emotional 62%
sad 37%
mysterious 33%
dark 30%
funny 16%
hopeful 14%
adventurous 13%
challenging 13%
tense 8%
lighthearted 5%
informative 4%
inspiring 4%
relaxing 2%
Pace
slow 33%
fast 8%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 75% | A mix: 19% | Plot: 2% | N/A: 1%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 38% | Yes: 33% | No: 27% | N/A: 1%Loveable characters?
Yes: 49% | It's complicated: 30% | No: 20%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 50% | Yes: 26% | It's complicated: 17% | N/A: 5%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 65% | It's complicated: 17% | No: 15% | N/A: 1%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Pregnancy, Chronic illness, DeathModerate
Lesbophobia, Incest, PedophiliaMinor
Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship
336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781529083439
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 27 September 2022
Description
Briefly, A Delicious Life tells the story of Frédéric Chopin and George Sand’s brief and mostly disastrous stay in an empty monastery in Valldemossa in Mallorca in 1838.The novel is narrated by Blanca, the ghost of a girl who has been at the monas...
Community Reviews Summary of 500 reviews
Moods
emotional 62%
sad 37%
mysterious 33%
dark 30%
funny 16%
hopeful 14%
adventurous 13%
challenging 13%
tense 8%
lighthearted 5%
informative 4%
inspiring 4%
relaxing 2%
Pace
slow 33%
fast 8%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 75% | A mix: 19% | Plot: 2% | N/A: 1%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 38% | Yes: 33% | No: 27% | N/A: 1%Loveable characters?
Yes: 49% | It's complicated: 30% | No: 20%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 50% | Yes: 26% | It's complicated: 17% | N/A: 5%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 65% | It's complicated: 17% | No: 15% | N/A: 1%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Pregnancy, Chronic illness, DeathModerate
Lesbophobia, Incest, PedophiliaMinor
Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship