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This Boy's Life

Name: This Boy's Life
Author: Tobias Wolff

by Tobias Wolff

1989•Biography•288 pages

Taste attributes: biographydocumentarydramaslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agetroubled leadshuman spirit/resilience/survival

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Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, stirring biography, heavy rather than light. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Taste details

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

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4.0 / 5

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About This Book

Wolff's account of his boyhood and the process of growing up includes paper routes, whiskey, scouting, fistfights, friendship, and betrayal in 1950s America.

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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

BiographyDocumentaryDramaComing of ageTroubled leadsHuman spirit/resilience/survival

Subjects

American AuthorsBiographyChildhood and youthAuthors, americanAuthors, biography

Details

Author: Tobias Wolff
Published: 1989
Pages: 288
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Source: Open Library

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