Kerosene
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Kerosene

by Chris Wooding

1999•Drama•203 pages

Taste attributes: dramapsychologicalteenfastunsavouryrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringself destruction/implosiontroubled leadshuman spirit/resilience/survival

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Boxlist takeA realistic, dark novel, otherwise balanced. Best if you like edge over warmth.

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4.0 / 5

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About This Book

From GoodReads by Jinx:The:Poet—“ Kerosene is the dark story of a young man, named Cal, by day a quiet social outcast, by night... a frustrated, tormented pyromaniac, burning to feel control over something, anything, in his life and desperate to express himself.

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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

DramaPsychologicalTeenSelf destruction/implosionTroubled leadsHuman spirit/resilience/survival

Subjects

Mental healthYoung Adult FictionFirePyromaniaTeenagersRealistic FictionSchoolsJuvenile fiction

Details

Author
Chris Wooding
Published
1999
Pages
203
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