Karantina by Jim Crace

Karantina

Jim Crace with Elif Uras Akhan

264 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction historical religion dark reflective slow-paced
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Winner of the Whitbread Novel of the Year and a Booker Prize finalist.Two thousand years ago four travellers enter the Judean desert to fast and pray for their lost souls. In the blistering heat and barren rocks they encounter the evil merchant Mu...

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Community Reviews

3.5
based on 372 reviews

Moods

dark: 100%

challenging: 66%

emotional: 50%

mysterious: 50%

reflective: 50%

sad: 33%

adventurous: 16%

tense: 16%


Pace

20% of readers chose medium
80% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

100% of readers chose Character
Character

Strong character development?

80% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

Loveable characters?

75% of readers chose Complicated
25% of readers chose No
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

60% of readers chose Yes
40% of readers chose No
Yes
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

100% of readers chose Yes
Yes

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