The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa

The Feast of the Goat

Mario Vargas Llosa

416 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction historical dark tense medium-paced
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Haunted all her life by feelings of terror and emptiness, forty-nine-year-old Urania Cabral returns to her native Dominican Republic - and finds herself reliving the events of l961, when the capital was still called Trujillo City and one old man t...

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Community Reviews

4.19
based on 1,927 reviews

Moods

dark: 86%

tense: 62%

informative: 52%

sad: 47%

challenging: 45%

emotional: 42%

reflective: 29%

adventurous: 9%

mysterious: 6%

inspiring: 1%

Pace

10% of readers chose fast
61% of readers chose medium
27% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

22% of readers chose Plot
60% of readers chose A mix
16% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

39% of readers chose Yes
38% of readers chose Complicated
21% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

6% of readers chose Yes
48% of readers chose Complicated
41% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

62% of readers chose Yes
11% of readers chose Complicated
17% of readers chose No
8% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

65% of readers chose Yes
22% of readers chose Complicated
9% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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