The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

The English Patient

Michael Ondaatje

320 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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With unsettling beauty and intelligence, this Golden Man Booker Prize-winning novel traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an abandoned Italian villa at the end of World War II. The nurse Hana, exhausted by death, obsessively tends to he...

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Community Reviews

3.67
based on 9,778 reviews

Moods

emotional: 72%

reflective: 66%

sad: 48%

challenging: 41%

dark: 35%

mysterious: 32%

adventurous: 21%

tense: 17%

informative: 13%

hopeful: 5%

inspiring: 5%

funny: 1%

relaxing: 1%

Pace

2% of readers chose fast
26% of readers chose medium
70% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

5% of readers chose Plot
27% of readers chose A mix
65% of readers chose Character
1% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

51% of readers chose Yes
27% of readers chose Complicated
20% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

36% of readers chose Yes
35% of readers chose Complicated
27% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

81% of readers chose Yes
5% of readers chose Complicated
10% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

62% of readers chose Yes
22% of readers chose Complicated
11% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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