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224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780385545297
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Publication date: 10 March 2020
Description
Bright, funny, satirical and relevant. . . . A new talent to watch--Margaret AtwoodA brilliant and bitingly funny collection of stories united around a single crumbling apartment building in Ukraine.A bureaucratic glitch omits an entire building, ...
Community Reviews Summary of 365 reviews
Moods
funny 68%
reflective 44%
emotional 30%
challenging 27%
sad 20%
mysterious 17%
informative 15%
adventurous 14%
tense 11%
inspiring 7%
lighthearted 6%
hopeful 5%
Pace
fast 24%
slow 17%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 53% | A mix: 38% | Plot: 5% | N/A: 2%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 35% | Yes: 32% | No: 24% | N/A: 6%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 44% | Yes: 38% | No: 14% | N/A: 2%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 51% | No: 35% | It's complicated: 11% | N/A: 1%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 47% | It's complicated: 25% | No: 19% | N/A: 7%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, CancerModerate
Abandonment, Terminal illness, Physical abuseMinor
Medical content, Death, Violence
224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780385545297
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Publication date: 10 March 2020
Description
Bright, funny, satirical and relevant. . . . A new talent to watch--Margaret AtwoodA brilliant and bitingly funny collection of stories united around a single crumbling apartment building in Ukraine.A bureaucratic glitch omits an entire building, ...
Community Reviews Summary of 365 reviews
Moods
funny 68%
reflective 44%
emotional 30%
challenging 27%
sad 20%
mysterious 17%
informative 15%
adventurous 14%
tense 11%
inspiring 7%
lighthearted 6%
hopeful 5%
Pace
fast 24%
slow 17%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 53% | A mix: 38% | Plot: 5% | N/A: 2%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 35% | Yes: 32% | No: 24% | N/A: 6%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 44% | Yes: 38% | No: 14% | N/A: 2%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 51% | No: 35% | It's complicated: 11% | N/A: 1%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 47% | It's complicated: 25% | No: 19% | N/A: 7%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, CancerModerate
Abandonment, Terminal illness, Physical abuseMinor
Medical content, Death, Violence