The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing

The Good Terrorist

Doris Lessing

397 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction literary politics challenging dark reflective slow-paced
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A group of squatters rebel against Mrs Thatcher and erupt into violence in this politicised novel from the author of ‘The Golden Notebook’. In a London squat a band of bourgeois revolutionaries are united by a loathing of the waste and cruelt...

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Community Reviews

3.63
based on 395 reviews

Moods

dark: 75%

challenging: 50%

reflective: 46%

tense: 46%

funny: 17%

sad: 17%

emotional: 14%

adventurous: 10%

informative: 10%

mysterious: 10%

hopeful: 3%

inspiring: 3%

lighthearted: 3%

Pace

41% of readers chose medium
58% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

4% of readers chose Plot
36% of readers chose A mix
60% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

28% of readers chose Yes
24% of readers chose Complicated
48% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

16% of readers chose Yes
28% of readers chose Complicated
56% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

32% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
40% of readers chose No
8% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

87% of readers chose Yes
8% of readers chose Complicated
4% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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