Writing style
Conversational · Direct
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Literary fiction
- Print length
- 356 pagesHyperion Books, 2015
Description
Samantha is a girl overwhelmed by intrusive thoughts and persistent worries as she navigates life with purely obsessional OCD. Her experiences in a poetry club gradually give her a route toward greater self-acceptance and help her regain a sense of control over her life. The story centers on the contrast between the distress she carries internally and the possibilities she discovers through poetry and participation in the group. Tamara Ireland Stone presents a young person confronting a difficult mental health condition while finding a constructive form of expression. The novel follows Samantha’s movement toward understanding herself more fully and living less completely under the power of her fears.
Reading profile
About this profile
Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
- Writing
- How much attention the sentences and language require.
- Ideas
- How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
- Structure
- How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
- Background knowledge
- Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
- Emotional intensity
- Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.
Pace
Moderate
Tone
Hopeful · Intimate · Reflective · Tense
Structure
Linear
Focus
Character · Relationships · Voice
Emotional intensity
4 / 5
Reading complexity
1–5 · higher means more demanding- Writing
- 2 / 5
- Ideas
- 2 / 5
- Structure
- 3 / 5
- Background knowledge
- 1 / 5
Themes
Book details
For the print edition listed above.
- Publisher
- Hyperion Books
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781484705278
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