Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

Trainspotting

Mark Renton #2

Irvine Welsh

431 pages • first pub 1993 (view editions)

fiction classics contemporary literary challenging dark funny medium-paced
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Choose us. Choose life. Choose mortgage payments; choose washing machines; choose cars; choose sitting on a couch watching mind-numbing and spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fuckin junk food intae yir mooth. Choose rotting away, pishing and shi...

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Community Reviews

4.05
based on 10,920 reviews

Moods

dark: 92%

funny: 65%

challenging: 48%

sad: 43%

emotional: 40%

reflective: 34%

tense: 31%

adventurous: 16%

informative: 4%

hopeful: 2%

lighthearted: 2%

inspiring: 1%

mysterious: 1%

Pace

21% of readers chose fast
60% of readers chose medium
18% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

2% of readers chose Plot
13% of readers chose A mix
83% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

27% of readers chose Yes
52% of readers chose Complicated
20% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

17% of readers chose Yes
55% of readers chose Complicated
26% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

21% of readers chose Yes
14% of readers chose Complicated
62% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

97% of readers chose Yes
2% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

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