Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor

Wise Blood

Flannery O'Connor

232 pages • first pub 1952 (editions) user-added

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Readers drawn to darkly provocative explorations of faith, moral turmoil, and the grotesque within a distorted Southern landscape will find Wise Blood both unsettling and magnetic.

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Wise Blood, Flannery O’Connor’s astonishing and haunting first novel, is a classic of twentieth-century literature. It is a story of Hazel Motes, a twenty-two-year-old caught in an unending struggle against his innate, desperate faith. He falls un...

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Community Reviews

3.67
based on 4,013 reviews

Moods

dark: 86%

reflective: 48%

challenging: 39%

funny: 35%

mysterious: 27%

tense: 25%

sad: 22%

emotional: 12%

adventurous: 4%

hopeful: 1%

Pace

21% of readers chose fast
59% of readers chose medium
18% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

2% of readers chose Plot
21% of readers chose A mix
75% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

39% of readers chose Yes
42% of readers chose Complicated
17% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

2% of readers chose Yes
26% of readers chose Complicated
70% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

20% of readers chose Yes
8% of readers chose Complicated
69% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

94% of readers chose Yes
3% of readers chose Complicated
1% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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