Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood

Lady Oracle

Margaret Atwood

345 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary reflective slow-paced
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Joan Foster is the bored wife of a myopic ban-the-bomber.  She takes off overnight as Canada's new superpoet, pens lurid gothics on the sly, attracts a blackmailing reporter, skids cheerfully in and out of menacing plots, hair-raising traps, and p...

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Community Reviews

3.66
based on 1,978 reviews

Moods

reflective: 69%

mysterious: 56%

funny: 41%

dark: 35%

emotional: 33%

adventurous: 24%

challenging: 19%

sad: 18%

tense: 13%

lighthearted: 6%

hopeful: 3%

inspiring: 1%

Pace

6% of readers chose fast
50% of readers chose medium
42% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

2% of readers chose Plot
18% of readers chose A mix
79% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

37% of readers chose Yes
49% of readers chose Complicated
11% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

17% of readers chose Yes
47% of readers chose Complicated
34% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

11% of readers chose Yes
5% of readers chose Complicated
81% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

91% of readers chose Yes
8% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

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