Mr Norris Changes Trains by Christopher Isherwood

Mr Norris Changes Trains

The Berlin Novels #1

Christopher Isherwood

230 pages first pub 1935 (editions)

fiction classics challenging dark medium-paced

Description

After a chance encounter on a train the English teacher William Bradshaw starts a close friendship with the mildly sinister Arthur Norris. Norris is a man of contradictions; lavish but heavily in debt, excessively polite but sexually deviant. Firs...

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Moods

mysterious 53%
dark 43%
funny 43%
reflective 39%
adventurous 26%
lighthearted 21%
tense 21%
challenging 19%
informative 19%
sad 12%
emotional 9%

Pace

medium 62%
slow 22%
fast 15%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 60% | A mix: 35% | Plot: 5%

Strong character development?

No: 60% | It's complicated: 26% | Yes: 13%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 45% | No: 32% | Yes: 22%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 47% | It's complicated: 27% | Yes: 25%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 81% | No: 10% | It's complicated: 7%

Average rating

3.69

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