Boy's Life
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Boy's Life

by Robert R. McCammon

1991•Drama•544 pages

Taste attributes: dramamysteryfantasyfresh & originalunsavouryimaginaryglossycoming of agesolving the riddle/not as it seemshuman spirit/resilience/survival

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Boxlist takeA larger-than-life, inventive novel: dark and glossy. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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4.3 / 5

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About This Book

"Zephyr, Alabama, has been an idyllic home for eleven-year-old Cory Mackenson...a place where monsters swim in the belly of the river, and friends are forever. Then, on a cold spring morning in 1964, as Cory accompanies his father on his milk route, they see a car plunge into a lake some say is bottomless." -- Back cover.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaMysteryFantasyComing of ageSolving the riddle/not as it seemsHuman spirit/resilience/survival

Subjects

Good and evilMagicChildrenHorror tales

Details

Author
Robert R. McCammon
Published
1991
Pages
544
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