Jess Crichton

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Jess Crichton is a troubled, sharp-tongued young woman who becomes one of the central figures in Nick Hornby’s novel and its film adaptation about four strangers who meet on a rooftop on New Year’s Eve.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
adaptedFor feature film
ageGroup young adult
appearsIn A Long Way Down
A Long Way Down (film)
appearsInGenre contemporary fiction
dark comedy
drama
basedOnWorkBy Nick Hornby
characterIn film A Long Way Down
novel A Long Way Down
countryOfOriginInFiction United Kingdom
creator Nick Hornby
describedAs sharp-tongued
troubled
firstAppearance novel A Long Way Down (2005)
gender female
hasPersonalityTrait emotionally volatile
impulsive
sarcastic
hasRole central character
languageOfWork English
meetsOtherCharactersAtLocation rooftop
meetsOtherCharactersOn New Year’s Eve
narrativeFunction protagonist
narrativeTheme mental health struggles
suicidal ideation
unlikely friendship
partOfGroupWith four strangers

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A Long Way Down mainCharacter Jess Crichton
A Long Way Down (film) mainCharacter Jess Crichton
JJ sharesPlotlineWith Jess Crichton
Martin Sharp meets Jess Crichton
Martin Sharp formsBondWith Jess Crichton