I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

1 hour, 53 minutes first pub 1948 (editions)

fiction classics romance young adult emotional lighthearted reflective slow-paced
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Toby Jones and Holliday Grainger star in a new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Dodie Smith's enduringly popular coming-of-age novel In the 1930s, seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain lives in a crumbling ruin of a castle in the Suffolk cou...

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Community Reviews

3.98
based on 15,910 reviews

Moods

lighthearted: 67%

reflective: 56%

funny: 53%

emotional: 50%

hopeful: 40%

relaxing: 21%

adventurous: 17%

inspiring: 14%

sad: 11%

mysterious: 4%

challenging: 1%

dark: 1%

tense: 1%


Pace

9% of readers chose fast
52% of readers chose medium
37% of readers chose slow
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medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

3% of readers chose Plot
27% of readers chose A mix
68% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

73% of readers chose Yes
14% of readers chose Complicated
10% of readers chose No
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Loveable characters?

75% of readers chose Yes
15% of readers chose Complicated
8% of readers chose No
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No

Diverse cast of characters?

8% of readers chose Yes
3% of readers chose Complicated
85% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
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Flaws of characters a main focus?

60% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
17% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
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