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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

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coffeequasars's review

5.0

I didn't know what to expect from this book, but I'm very glad I read it. It touched me in many surprising ways, I would definitely recommend reading this one!

hornygoldfish's review

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challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The blurb and the plot jacket is pure literary clickbait lmfao this is one of the most misery inducing books I've read. Not that it doesn't have literary merit though, it's just very different from what the novel's jacket told us it was about, and I blame the publisher for that. Kind of coming of age, VERY complex and a really ambiguous ending with no comforting resolutions.

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itcbitz's review

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dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

bibliotecabecca's review

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challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

reggiewoods's review

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challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Set in a small, unspecified, southern town, McCullers’ debut novel is timeless because of how wonderfully she captures the need her characters feel to connect with another human being. All of the characters share some connection with John Singer, a deaf-mute who the other characters project their own perceptions upon. McCullers manages to tackle many issues prominent in America at the time; race relations, gender roles, labor, fascism, etc… Her writing is a pleasure to read, drawing you into the inner world of each of her characters while somehow maintaining an objective third-person narration. McCullers is a part of the southern canon that you don’t hear much about, I suspect because of how radically she tackled the pressing issues of her time.