Océan Mer by Alessandro Baricco

Océan Mer

Alessandro Baricco

275 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction literary reflective slow-paced
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A handful of disparate lives converge at a remote seaside inn: a lovelorn professor, a renowned painter, an inscrutable seductress - and a beautiful young girl, fatally ill, brought to the sea by a desperate father's last hope. An intricate web of...

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Community Reviews

4.04
based on 1,623 reviews

Moods

reflective: 75%

mysterious: 59%

emotional: 58%

inspiring: 23%

sad: 23%

adventurous: 22%

challenging: 20%

funny: 15%

relaxing: 15%

dark: 14%

hopeful: 12%

tense: 8%

lighthearted: 6%

Pace

12% of readers chose fast
44% of readers chose medium
42% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

3% of readers chose Plot
25% of readers chose A mix
70% of readers chose Character
1% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

39% of readers chose Yes
39% of readers chose Complicated
18% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

61% of readers chose Yes
29% of readers chose Complicated
6% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

63% of readers chose Yes
1% of readers chose Complicated
25% of readers chose No
10% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

45% of readers chose Yes
34% of readers chose Complicated
13% of readers chose No
6% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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