We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama

We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies

Tsering Yangzom Lama

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional sad slow-paced
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A haunting first novel that recounts a Tibetan family's fifty-year journey through exile and their struggles to forge new lives of dignity, love, and hope. In the wake of China's invasion of Tibet throughout the 1950s, Lhamo and her sister, Tenkyi...

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Community Reviews

4.13
based on 675 reviews

Moods

emotional: 84%

reflective: 69%

sad: 63%

challenging: 42%

informative: 40%

adventurous: 22%

hopeful: 21%

inspiring: 21%

dark: 16%

tense: 9%

mysterious: 7%

Pace

3% of readers chose fast
43% of readers chose medium
52% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

3% of readers chose Plot
41% of readers chose A mix
54% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

76% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
1% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

74% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
3% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

78% of readers chose Yes
8% of readers chose Complicated
8% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

26% of readers chose Yes
38% of readers chose Complicated
33% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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