Ladivine by Marie NDiaye

Ladivine

Marie NDiaye with Jordan Stump (Translator)

325 pages • first pub 2013 (view editions)

fiction literary reflective slow-paced
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Clarisse Riviere's life is shaped by a refusal to admit to her husband Richard and to her daughter Ladivine that her mother is a poor black housekeeper. Instead, weighed down by guilt, she pretends to be an orphan, visiting her mother in secret an...

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Community Reviews

3.17
based on 160 reviews

Moods

dark: 69%

challenging: 61%

emotional: 61%

mysterious: 53%

reflective: 46%

sad: 38%

tense: 15%

Pace

28% of readers chose medium
71% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

20% of readers chose A mix
70% of readers chose Character
10% of readers chose N/A
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

44% of readers chose Yes
11% of readers chose Complicated
44% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

54% of readers chose Complicated
45% of readers chose No
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

50% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
30% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

90% of readers chose Yes
9% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

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