Our House in the Last World by Oscar Hijuelos

Our House in the Last World

Oscar Hijuelos

240 pages first pub 1983 (view editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
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Bearing all the hallmarks of Hijuelos's later work—exuberance, passion, honesty, and humor—this debut novel was heralded on its publication twenty years ago as "virtuoso writing...a novel of great warmth and tenderness" (New York Times Book Review...

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Community Reviews

3.58
based on 42 reviews

Moods

reflective: 100%

dark: 66%

emotional: 66%

challenging: 33%

sad: 33%

tense: 33%


Pace

100% of readers chose slow
slow

Plot or character driven?

33% of readers chose A mix
66% of readers chose Character
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

50% of readers chose Yes
50% of readers chose No
Yes
No

Loveable characters?

33% of readers chose Yes
33% of readers chose Complicated
33% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

100% of readers chose Yes
Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus?

100% of readers chose Yes
Yes

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