The Year of Magical Thinking
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The Year of Magical Thinking

by Joan Didion

2005•Biography•227 pages

Taste attributes: biographydocumentaryslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalcomplex relationship

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Boxlist takeA grounded, stirring biography: heavy and unhurried. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score

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4.2 / 5

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About This Book

"this happened on December 30, 2003. That may seem a while ago but it won't when it happens to you . . ."In this dramatic adaptation of her award-winning, bestselling memoir (which Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times called "an indelible portrait of loss and grief . . .

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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

BiographyDocumentaryHuman spirit/resilience/survivalComplex relationship

Subjects

Dunne, john gregory, 1932-2003GriefJournalists, biographyMothers and daughtersWidowsAuthors, biographyAmerican NovelistsBiography

Details

Author
Joan Didion
Published
2005
Pages
227
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