The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

by Rachel Joyce

2012•Drama•344 pages

Taste attributes: dramarealisticsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalall consuming questempowerment/personal growth

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Boxlist takeAn emotional novel that is simple and small-scale. Best if you like plain sailing over puzzles.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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About This Book

Harold Fry has recently retired and now, he doesn't do very much. Even mowing the lawn, like his wife Maureen tells him to do, seems too much work for him. When, one day, he recieves a lettre in a pink envelope, this lazyness changes. In it, his collegue from long time ago, Queenie Hennessy, tells him she is going to die soon from a cancer in a hospice at the other end of England.

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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

DramaHuman spirit/resilience/survivalAll consuming questEmpowerment/personal growth

Subjects

PilgrimageWalkingMenLettersHumorous fictionSelf-acceptanceEnglischMarried people

Details

Author
Rachel Joyce
Published
2012
Pages
344
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