The Marriage Plot
by Jeffrey Eugenides
Taste attributes: dramaromanceheavyrealisticenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agecomplex relationshipempowerment/personal growth
Boxlist takeA moving novel that is realistic and small-scale. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
The story concerns three college friends from Brown University—Madeleine, Leonard, and Mitchell—beginning in their senior year, 1982, and follows them during their first year post-graduation.
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- Author
- Jeffrey Eugenides
- Published
- 2011
- Pages
- 463
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- Open Library
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