Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

Monkey Beach

Eden Robinson

10 hours, 7 minutes first pub 2000 (view editions) user-added

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Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson is ideal for readers who appreciate introspective and haunting stories enriched with Indigenous cultural heritage, exploring themes of family bonds and the intertwining of the supernatural with personal grief.

Description

 Five hundred miles north of Vancouver is Kitamaat, an Indian reservation in the homeland of the Haisla people. Growing up a tough, wild tomboy, swimming, fighting, and fishing in a remote village where the land slips into the green ocean on the e...

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Community Reviews

4.15
based on 1,868 reviews

Moods

emotional: 76%

dark: 69%

reflective: 64%

mysterious: 60%

sad: 50%

challenging: 34%

adventurous: 30%

tense: 27%

funny: 18%

hopeful: 10%

informative: 10%

inspiring: 5%

lighthearted: 2%


Pace

7% of readers chose fast
64% of readers chose medium
28% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

1% of readers chose Plot
26% of readers chose A mix
71% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

78% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
1% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

67% of readers chose Yes
28% of readers chose Complicated
3% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

88% of readers chose Yes
4% of readers chose Complicated
5% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

78% of readers chose Yes
16% of readers chose Complicated
5% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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