This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You by Jon McGregor

This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You

Jon McGregor

262 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
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A man builds a tree house by a river, in anticipation of the coming flood. A sugar-beet crashes through a young woman's windscreen. A boy sets fire to a barn. A pair of itinerant labourers sit by a lake, talking about shovels and sex, while fighte...

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Community Reviews

3.55
based on 156 reviews

Moods

reflective: 100%

emotional: 60%

challenging: 50%

mysterious: 50%

dark: 40%

funny: 40%

sad: 40%

tense: 30%

hopeful: 20%

inspiring: 20%

informative: 10%

lighthearted: 10%


Pace

20% of readers chose fast
30% of readers chose medium
50% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

85% of readers chose A mix
14% of readers chose Character
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

16% of readers chose Yes
50% of readers chose Complicated
33% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
N/A

Loveable characters?

66% of readers chose Complicated
16% of readers chose No
16% of readers chose N/A
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

50% of readers chose Yes
33% of readers chose Complicated
16% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

50% of readers chose Yes
16% of readers chose Complicated
33% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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