Moses Supposes by Ellen Currie
Published 2000 · 224 pages · 79,000 words · about 6 hours at an average pace · Literary Fiction
How hard is Moses Supposes to read?
Moses Supposes scores 41 out of 100 for difficulty on ReadingRate, making it moderately challenging. The score is a weighted composite of nine measures: four of how hard the prose is to parse, five of how hard the meaning is to extract.
- Vocabulary: 42 out of 100
- Schoales writes in accessible contemporary prose, with vocabulary appropriate to its subject without specialized demands. The language serves the story without calling attention to itself.
- Sentence structure: 42 out of 100
- The sentences are clear and direct, following conventional patterns that make for easy reading. The style invites rather than challenges.
- Abstraction: 45 out of 100
- The novel stays grounded in concrete situations and characters, with whatever themes emerge coming from the texture of experience rather than explicit argument.
- Information density: 40 out of 100
- The story unfolds at a comfortable pace, providing necessary context without overloading the narrative. You'll absorb the world through immersion.
- Narrative indirection: 40 out of 100
- The story is told directly, following its characters through situations without elaborate withholding. What you need to know is provided as needed.
- Symbolic density: 40 out of 100
- The novel works through character and situation rather than symbolic architecture. Any metaphorical weight is light and organic.
- Ironic distance: 45 out of 100
- The author maintains enough distance to see characters clearly while remaining sympathetic to their struggles. The tone is warm rather than satirical.
- Resolution withholding: 40 out of 100
- The narrative builds toward resolution, providing the closure its form requires. The ending satisfies the story's emotional arc.
- Structural complexity: 40 out of 100
- The story follows conventional narrative structure, organized by its central conflict and its resolution. The form is familiar and accessible.
How Moses Supposes is regarded
Moses Supposes holds a literary regard score of 48 out of 100, weighing its place in the canon, its critical reception, its influence on other writers, and the standing of its author. Regard is measured separately from difficulty: a demanding book is not necessarily an admired one.