Asking For It by Louise O'Neill

Asking For It

Louise O'Neill

317 pages • first pub 2015 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary feminism young adult challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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It's the beginning of the summer in a small town in Ireland. Emma O'Donovan is eighteen years old, beautiful, happy, confident. One night, there's a party. Everyone is there. All eyes are on Emma. The next morning, she wakes on the front porch of ...

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Community Reviews

4.01
based on 4,981 reviews

Moods

dark: 79%

sad: 78%

emotional: 75%

challenging: 61%

tense: 37%

reflective: 34%

informative: 13%

inspiring: 1%

Pace

22% of readers chose fast
59% of readers chose medium
18% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

8% of readers chose Plot
44% of readers chose A mix
46% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

34% of readers chose Yes
50% of readers chose Complicated
13% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

6% of readers chose Yes
42% of readers chose Complicated
48% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

14% of readers chose Yes
9% of readers chose Complicated
68% of readers chose No
7% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

57% of readers chose Yes
33% of readers chose Complicated
5% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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