The Shipyard by Juan Carlos Onetti

The Shipyard

Juan Carlos Onetti

192 pages first pub 1961 (view editions)

fiction classics dark reflective slow-paced
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With all the enthusiasm of a man condemned to be hanged, Larsen takes up his new post. Like the other workers at the shipyard, he routinely goes through the motions. Every so often, his sense of reality is shaken by a tremor of self-deception, and...

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Community Reviews

3.47
based on 82 reviews

Moods

dark: 60%

reflective: 60%

challenging: 40%

sad: 40%

mysterious: 20%

tense: 20%


Pace

20% of readers chose medium
80% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

100% of readers chose Character
Character

Strong character development?

25% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
50% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

33% of readers chose Complicated
66% of readers chose No
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

66% of readers chose Complicated
33% of readers chose No
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

100% of readers chose Yes
Yes

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