The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst

The Stranger's Child

Alan Hollinghurst

19 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 2011 (editions) user-added

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective slow-paced
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In the late summer of 1913 the young poet Cecil Valance comes to stay at 'Two Acres', the home of his close Cambridge friend George Sawle, and of his sister, Daphne. The weekend will be one of excitements and confusions for all the Sawles, a weeke...

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Community Reviews

3.27
based on 1,046 reviews

Moods

reflective: 85%

emotional: 44%

challenging: 26%

mysterious: 23%

sad: 20%

dark: 8%

hopeful: 8%

relaxing: 5%

tense: 5%

funny: 2%

informative: 2%

lighthearted: 2%

Pace

31% of readers chose medium
68% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

5% of readers chose Plot
25% of readers chose A mix
68% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

26% of readers chose Yes
26% of readers chose Complicated
41% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

8% of readers chose Yes
40% of readers chose Complicated
45% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

14% of readers chose Yes
8% of readers chose Complicated
64% of readers chose No
11% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

77% of readers chose Yes
6% of readers chose Complicated
16% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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