Birdy by William Wharton

Birdy

William Wharton

320 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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Hailed upon its publication as "a classic for readers not yet born" (Philadelphia Inquirer), Birdy is an inventive, hypnotic novel about friendship and family, dreaming and surviving, love and war, madness and beauty, and, above all, "birdness." I...

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Community Reviews

3.83
based on 359 reviews

Moods

reflective: 76%

emotional: 64%

challenging: 35%

dark: 35%

sad: 35%

mysterious: 23%

tense: 23%

adventurous: 17%

funny: 17%

informative: 11%

inspiring: 11%

hopeful: 5%

Pace

50% of readers chose medium
50% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

13% of readers chose A mix
86% of readers chose Character
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

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

Loveable characters?

43% of readers chose Yes
37% of readers chose Complicated
18% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

23% of readers chose Yes
23% of readers chose Complicated
53% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

61% of readers chose Yes
38% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

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