The Hunger Angel by Herta Müller

The Hunger Angel

Herta Müller with Philip Boehm (Translator)

304 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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It was an icy morning in January 1945 when the patrol came for seventeen-year-old Leo Auberg to deport him to a camp in the Soviet Union. Leo would spend the next five years in a coke processing plant, shoveling coal, lugging bricks, mixing mortar...

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Moods

dark 75%
sad 75%
reflective 72%
emotional 63%
challenging 39%
informative 24%
tense 24%
hopeful 6%
inspiring 6%
lighthearted 6%
mysterious 6%
funny 3%

Pace

slow 58%
medium 29%
fast 12%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 86% | A mix: 9% | N/A: 4%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 58% | Yes: 25% | No: 12% | N/A: 4%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 65% | Yes: 26% | No: 4% | N/A: 4%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 47% | Yes: 30% | It's complicated: 17% | N/A: 4%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

No: 40% | It's complicated: 36% | Yes: 22%

Average rating

3.89

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