Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara

Appointment in Samarra

John O'Hara

251 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

fiction classics reflective sad medium-paced
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O’Hara did for fictional Gibbsville, Pennsylvania what Faulkner did for Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi: surveyed its social life and drew its psychic outlines, but he did it in utterly worldly terms, without Faulkner’s taste for mythic inferenc...

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Community Reviews Summary of 658 reviews

Moods

dark 65%
sad 57%
reflective 46%
emotional 34%
funny 34%
tense 26%
challenging 15%
mysterious 7%
informative 3%
lighthearted 3%
relaxing 3%

Pace

medium 67%
fast 17%
slow 14%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 80% | A mix: 19%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 54% | Yes: 25% | No: 16% | N/A: 4%

Loveable characters?

No: 56% | It's complicated: 40% | N/A: 4%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 86% | Yes: 13%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 96% | No: 4%

Average rating

3.69

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