Crackpot by Adele Wiseman

Crackpot

Adele Wiseman

300 pages first pub 1974 (editions)

fiction challenging reflective slow-paced
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Hoda is a prostitute, but that is not the most important fact about her. Earthy, bawdy, vulnerable, and big-hearted, she is the daughter of an impoverished Jewish couple who emigrated from Russia to Canada to escape persecution. Growing up in a gh...

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Community Reviews

3.5
based on 35 reviews

Moods

emotional: 66%

challenging: 33%

dark: 33%

hopeful: 33%

reflective: 33%

sad: 33%


Pace

100% of readers chose slow
slow

Plot or character driven?

100% of readers chose Character
Character

Strong character development?

66% of readers chose Yes
33% of readers chose No
Yes
No

Loveable characters?

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

Diverse cast of characters?

33% of readers chose Yes
66% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus?

100% of readers chose Yes
Yes

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