A review by smokeyshouse
Silent House by Orhan Pamuk

dark informative tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I would call this book "interesting" rather than good or engrossing.  Each character was unappealing in some way, yet taken all together, it was an interesting story with insight into life in Turkey just before the 1980 coup.