We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

Karen Joy Fowler

337 pages first pub 2013 (view editions) user-added

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
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This book is ideal for readers who enjoy emotionally layered family dramas intertwined with ethical dilemmas, blending human relationships with thought-provoking reflections on animal rights.

Description

Meet the Cooke family. Our narrator is Rosemary Cooke. As a child, she never stopped talking; now that she's started college, she has wrapped herself in silence: the silence of intentional forgetting, of protective cover. Rosemary is now an only c...

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Community Reviews

3.73
based on 15,266 reviews

Moods

emotional: 75%

reflective: 65%

sad: 46%

informative: 35%

challenging: 29%

mysterious: 22%

funny: 21%

dark: 20%

hopeful: 13%

adventurous: 11%

inspiring: 10%

tense: 10%

lighthearted: 3%


Pace

8% of readers chose fast
66% of readers chose medium
24% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

6% of readers chose Plot
37% of readers chose A mix
55% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

62% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
10% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

50% of readers chose Yes
31% of readers chose Complicated
17% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

35% of readers chose Yes
23% of readers chose Complicated
37% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

75% of readers chose Yes
16% of readers chose Complicated
6% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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