The Fire-Dwellers by Margaret Laurence

The Fire-Dwellers

Manawaka Sequence

Margaret Laurence

308 pages • first pub 1969 (editions) user-added

fiction classics emotional reflective slow-paced
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“Better to marry than burn, St. Paul said, but he didn’t say what to do if you marry and burn.” So muses Stacey MacAindra. And Stacey burns—to be released from her humdrum suburban housewifery, to burst through the shadows of her existence to a ri...

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Community Reviews Summary of 93 reviews

Moods

reflective 71%
challenging 42%
emotional 42%
dark 28%
funny 28%
sad 28%
tense 14%

Pace

slow 57%
medium 42%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 85% | A mix: 14%

Strong character development?

Yes: 66% | No: 16% | It's complicated: 16%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 50% | It's complicated: 33% | No: 16%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

Average rating

3.87

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