The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard

The Great Fire

Shirley Hazzard

278 pages first pub 2003 (view editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
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More than twenty years after the classic The Transit of Venus, Shirley Hazzard returns to fiction with a novel that in the words of Ann Patchett "is brilliant and dazzling..." The Great Fire is an extraordinary love story set in the immediate a...

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Community Reviews

3.31
based on 426 reviews

Moods

reflective: 75%

emotional: 65%

challenging: 37%

sad: 34%

adventurous: 15%

hopeful: 15%

dark: 12%

tense: 3%


Pace

25% of readers chose medium
75% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

23% of readers chose A mix
73% of readers chose Character
3% of readers chose N/A
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

45% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
29% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

24% of readers chose Yes
32% of readers chose Complicated
44% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

17% of readers chose Yes
8% of readers chose Complicated
73% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

19% of readers chose Yes
38% of readers chose Complicated
42% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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