Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy

Stella Maris

The Passenger #2

Cormac McCarthy

208 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
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The best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with the second of a two-volume masterpiece: Stella Maris is an intimate portrait of grief and longing, as a young woman in a psychiatric facility seeks to understand her own exis...

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Community Reviews

3.88
based on 2,419 reviews

Moods

dark: 74%

reflective: 73%

challenging: 66%

sad: 45%

emotional: 42%

mysterious: 22%

informative: 16%

funny: 9%

tense: 9%

adventurous: 2%

inspiring: 2%

hopeful: 1%

relaxing: 1%

Pace

18% of readers chose fast
47% of readers chose medium
34% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

1% of readers chose A mix
97% of readers chose Character
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

28% of readers chose Yes
39% of readers chose Complicated
31% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

23% of readers chose Yes
50% of readers chose Complicated
24% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

5% of readers chose Yes
8% of readers chose Complicated
79% of readers chose No
7% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

85% of readers chose Yes
13% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

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