The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

The Blind Assassin

Margaret Atwood

637 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Description

Laura Chase’s older sister Iris, married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist but now poor and eighty-two, is living in Port Ticonderoga, a town dominated by their once-prosperous family before the First War. While coping with her ...

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Moods

reflective 65%
mysterious 64%
emotional 62%
sad 47%
dark 45%
challenging 27%
tense 14%
adventurous 11%
funny 4%
inspiring 3%
hopeful 2%
informative 1%
relaxing 1%

Pace

slow 74%
medium 24%
fast 1%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 62% | A mix: 29% | Plot: 7%

Strong character development?

Yes: 68% | It's complicated: 23% | No: 7% | N/A: 1%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 49% | No: 26% | Yes: 23%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 87% | Yes: 6% | It's complicated: 3% | N/A: 2%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 80% | It's complicated: 13% | No: 5%

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3.98

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