Outline by Rachel Cusk

Outline

Outline #1

Rachel Cusk

256 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary reflective slow-paced
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Rachel Cusk's Outline is a novel in ten conversations. Spare and lucid, it follows a novelist teaching a course in creative writing over an oppressively hot summer in Athens. She leads her students in storytelling exercises. She meets other visiti...

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Community Reviews

3.7
based on 11,447 reviews

Moods

reflective: 94%

emotional: 25%

challenging: 16%

relaxing: 16%

inspiring: 11%

mysterious: 8%

lighthearted: 7%

funny: 6%

sad: 6%

adventurous: 4%

hopeful: 4%

informative: 4%

tense: 2%

dark: 1%

Pace

7% of readers chose fast
35% of readers chose medium
56% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

1% of readers chose Plot
4% of readers chose A mix
88% of readers chose Character
4% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

10% of readers chose Yes
29% of readers chose Complicated
55% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

17% of readers chose Yes
43% of readers chose Complicated
34% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

34% of readers chose Yes
11% of readers chose Complicated
48% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

50% of readers chose Yes
24% of readers chose Complicated
21% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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