A Separate Peace
John Knowles
Literary Fiction
A Separate Peace
by John Knowles
—· 196 p· 1959
20th Century ClassicLiterary Canonreflectivetense
Overview
About
Gene Forrester looks back fifteen years to a World War II year in which he and his best friend were roommates in a New hampshire boarding school.
Pages
196
Simon & Schuster, Limited
Linguistic complexity
3/5
Moderate
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Emotional depth9
Character Psychology9
Coming of Age Tension9
Prose8
Narration8
Pacing7
Worldbuilding5
Plot twists5
My journey
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