Night Waking by Sarah Moss

Night Waking

Sarah Moss with Jane Lambert (Narrator)

13 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 2011 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Description

Historian Anna Bennett has a book to write. She also has an insomniac toddler, a precocious, death-obsessed seven-year-old, and a frequently-absent ecologist husband who has brought them all to Colsay, a desolate island in the Hebrides, so he can ...

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Community Reviews Summary of 365 reviews

Moods

reflective 82%
emotional 62%
dark 60%
mysterious 57%
funny 31%
informative 31%
challenging 25%
sad 17%
hopeful 14%
inspiring 8%
tense 5%
adventurous 2%

Pace

slow 56%
medium 40%
fast 2%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 56% | A mix: 44%

Strong character development?

Yes: 45% | It's complicated: 30% | No: 25%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 48% | It's complicated: 32% | No: 20%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 91% | It's complicated: 8%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 73% | It's complicated: 17% | No: 8%

Average rating

3.96

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