Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey

Oscar and Lucinda

Peter Carey

448 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

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The Booker Prize-winning novel--now a major motion picture from Fox Searchlight Pictures. This sweeping, irrepressibly inventive novel, is a romance, but a romance of the sort that could only take place in nineteenth-century Australia. For only on...

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Community Reviews Summary of 932 reviews

Moods

emotional 66%
dark 55%
reflective 55%
adventurous 48%
challenging 40%
sad 40%
funny 25%
tense 18%
informative 11%
inspiring 7%
mysterious 7%
hopeful 3%
lighthearted 3%

Pace

slow 58%
medium 41%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 58% | A mix: 41%

Strong character development?

Yes: 70% | It's complicated: 22% | No: 7%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 37% | Yes: 33% | No: 29%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 69% | Yes: 19% | It's complicated: 7% | N/A: 3%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 96% | It's complicated: 3%

Average rating

3.58

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