Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Confinement, Death, AntisemitismModerate
GenocideCommunity Reviews
Summary of 937 reviews
Moods
sad 58%
challenging 50%
reflective 50%
dark 33%
mysterious 33%
informative 16%
tense 8%
Pace
medium 27%
fast 9%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 83% | A mix: 16%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 44% | Yes: 44% | No: 11%Loveable characters?
Yes: 44% | It's complicated: 33% | N/A: 11% | No: 11%Diverse cast of characters?
It's complicated: 37% | Yes: 37% | No: 25%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 75% | No: 25%Average rating
289 pages | first published 2010
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ISBN/UID: 9780393079982
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: 12 October 2010
Description
For twenty-five years, a reclusive American novelist has been writing at the desk she inherited from a young Chilean poet who disappeared at the hands of Pinochet’s secret police; one day a girl claiming to be the poet’s daughter arrives to take i...Book Information
289 pages | first published 2010
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ISBN/UID: 9780393079982
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: 12 October 2010
Description
For twenty-five years, a reclusive American novelist has been writing at the desk she inherited from a young Chilean poet who disappeared at the hands of Pinochet’s secret police; one day a girl claiming to be the poet’s daughter arrives to take i...Book information
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Confinement, Death, AntisemitismModerate
GenocideCommunity Reviews
Summary of 937 reviews
Moods
sad 58%
challenging 50%
reflective 50%
dark 33%
mysterious 33%
informative 16%
tense 8%
Pace
medium 27%
fast 9%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 83% | A mix: 16%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 44% | Yes: 44% | No: 11%Loveable characters?
Yes: 44% | It's complicated: 33% | N/A: 11% | No: 11%Diverse cast of characters?
It's complicated: 37% | Yes: 37% | No: 25%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 75% | No: 25%Average rating