Crooked Seeds by Karen Jennings

Crooked Seeds

Karen Jennings

240 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction literary dark sad tense medium-paced
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A woman in post-apartheid South Africa confronts her family's troubling past in this taut and daring novel about national trauma and collective guilt—from the Booker Prize longlisted author of An IslandIn her parched, crumbling corner of a Cape To...

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Community Reviews

3.65
based on 211 reviews

Moods

dark: 93%

sad: 58%

challenging: 49%

emotional: 33%

reflective: 32%

mysterious: 30%

tense: 29%

informative: 4%

adventurous: 2%

funny: 1%

hopeful: 1%

Pace

22% of readers chose fast
54% of readers chose medium
23% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

3% of readers chose Plot
34% of readers chose A mix
61% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

28% of readers chose Yes
39% of readers chose Complicated
32% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

18% of readers chose Complicated
81% of readers chose No
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

62% of readers chose Yes
22% of readers chose Complicated
11% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

88% of readers chose Yes
9% of readers chose Complicated
1% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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