Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
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Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town

by Cory Doctorow

2005•Fantasy•320 pages

Taste attributes: fantasydramascience fictionslowfresh & originalunsavouryimaginaryintricateglossyenclosedfish out of water/culture clashunlikely connectionscomplex relationship

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Boxlist takeAn otherworldly fantasy novel that is glossy and fresh. Best if you like polish over grit.

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

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4.0 / 5

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About This Book

Alan is a middle-aged entrepreneur in contemporary Toronto, who has devoted himself to fixing up a house in a bohemian neighborhood. This naturally brings him in contact with the house full of students and layabouts next door, including a young woman who, in a moment of stress, reveals to him that she has wings--wings, moreover, which grow back after each attempt to cut them off.

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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

FantasyDramaScience fictionFish out of water/culture clashUnlikely connectionsComplex relationship

Subjects

InternetScience-Fiction

Details

Author
Cory Doctorow
Published
2005
Pages
320
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