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A Complicated Kindness

Name: A Complicated Kindness
Author: Miriam Toews

by Miriam Toews

2004•Drama•256 pages

Taste attributes: dramateenrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agesocial commentaryhuman spirit/resilience/survival

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Boxlist takeA grounded, moving novel, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Open Library rating

4.3 / 5

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About This Book

"A 16-year-old rebels against the conventions of her strict Mennonite community and tries to come to terms with the collapse of her family ..."--Publishers Weekly.

Description: Open Library

Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaTeenComing of ageSocial commentaryHuman spirit/resilience/survival

Subjects

Single-parent familiesMennonitesSocial life and customsManners and customsFathers and daughtersTeenage girlsMaternal deprivationMennonites in fiction

Details

Author: Miriam Toews
Published: 2004
Pages: 256
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Source: Open Library

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