Thirst for Salt by Madelaine Lucas

Thirst for Salt

Madelaine Lucas

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary literary

Description

She first sees him in the water: a local man almost twenty years her senior. Adrift in the summer after finishing college a young woman is on holiday with her mother in an isolated Australian coastal town. Finding herself pulled to Jude the man in...

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Community Reviews Summary of 84 reviews

Moods

reflective 91%
emotional 77%
sad 50%
dark 14%
relaxing 14%
hopeful 4%
mysterious 4%
tense 4%
adventurous 2%
challenging 2%
funny 2%
inspiring 2%
lighthearted 2%

Pace

slow 52%
medium 41%
fast 6%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 86% | A mix: 7% | Plot: 5%

Strong character development?

Yes: 44% | It's complicated: 36% | No: 19%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 47% | Yes: 29% | No: 23%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 94% | It's complicated: 2% | N/A: 2%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 66% | It's complicated: 25% | No: 8%

Average rating

4.04

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