Oracle Night by Paul Auster

Oracle Night

Paul Auster

207 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction contemporary reflective medium-paced
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Several months into his recovery from a near-fatal illness, novelist Sidney Orr enters a stationery shop in Brooklyn and buys a blue notebook. It is September 18, 1982, and for the next nine days Orr will live under the spell of this blank book, t...

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Community Reviews

3.68
based on 1,333 reviews

Moods

mysterious: 72%

reflective: 60%

emotional: 55%

dark: 40%

tense: 36%

challenging: 26%

sad: 23%

adventurous: 16%

funny: 6%

inspiring: 6%

relaxing: 4%

hopeful: 3%

informative: 3%

Pace

27% of readers chose fast
58% of readers chose medium
14% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

7% of readers chose Plot
45% of readers chose A mix
45% of readers chose Character
1% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

25% of readers chose Yes
48% of readers chose Complicated
24% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

26% of readers chose Yes
35% of readers chose Complicated
35% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

32% of readers chose Yes
7% of readers chose Complicated
60% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

69% of readers chose Yes
12% of readers chose Complicated
18% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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