I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith
Taste attributes: dramafamilyteenwholesomerealisticsimplelinearglossyemotive & stirringcoming of agecomplex relationshipempowerment/personal growth
Boxlist takeMoving and grounded: an uncomplicated novel. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.6 / 5
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About This Book
Cassandra, the 17-year-old narrator, lives an eccentric existence in a crumbling castle in the English countryside in the 1930s. Her father is a former bestselling novelist now suffering from a chronic case of writer's block and her glamorous but bohemian stepmother Topaz is a sometime artist model.
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- Author
- Dodie Smith
- Published
- 1948
- Pages
- 363
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- Open Library
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