Sex and Rage: Advice to Young Ladies Eager for a Good Time: A Novel by Eve Babitz

Sex and Rage: Advice to Young Ladies Eager for a Good Time: A Novel

Eve Babitz

227 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

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Jacaranda is a dreamy young woman moving between the planets of Los Angeles and New York City. She’s a beach bum, a part-time painter of surfboards, sun-kissed and beautiful. Jacaranda has an on-again, off-again relationship with a married man and...

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Community Reviews

3.61
based on 3,496 reviews

Moods

reflective: 67%

funny: 49%

adventurous: 34%

lighthearted: 33%

emotional: 30%

hopeful: 16%

inspiring: 13%

dark: 12%

relaxing: 9%

challenging: 5%

sad: 5%

tense: 4%

mysterious: 3%

informative: 1%

Pace

24% of readers chose fast
53% of readers chose medium
22% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

1% of readers chose Plot
11% of readers chose A mix
85% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

64% of readers chose Yes
24% of readers chose Complicated
10% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

39% of readers chose Yes
35% of readers chose Complicated
23% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

18% of readers chose Yes
9% of readers chose Complicated
68% of readers chose No
3% 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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