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3.33 AVERAGE
3.33 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I always believed that time travel could never be anything short of spectacular; I certainly did not think it could be boring and stupidly ridiculous. But then I came across the librarian.
I am hurt to say I was wrong and the librarian is a tangible proof to that. I am really amazed how a book that contains so many cool and interesting elements ends up with the charisma and the appeal of a piece of wood, harsh, I know but it is my honest to GOD opinion.
At first, I was intrigued by the premise of alibrarian who can only travel to the past to witness the life of an important individual and record his most important achievement so it would be known to the public as it really happened . I was like where do I sign please. Add to that a star-crossed lovers romance and I was hooked.
But then, ridiculous and boring things kept happening and I was in denial at first because I wanted to love the book but after reading more than its half, I could not keep doing it and I just slapped myself with the truth: this is a very boring superficial book with nothing interesting whatsoever and the chance that it gets better are slim to none right now.
This book is a the proof of how you take a very promising idea and then you butcher it with annoying immature characters and an unconvincing flat romance that has no passion, no chemistry and no fire. To make it more clear why I hated the romance, I need to say that I am not a fan of insta-love, it just does not work for me because it throws everything fascinating about a relationship development out of the window. And in this story the female protagonist falls in love with the male protagonist after meeting him twice for a couple of hours. They spend those hours ogling each other, drooling on each other and flirting with each other, add to that the lack of the chemistry and connection and I find myself annoyed and disappointed.
And we are supposed to believe that it’s an epic love story about sacrifice and tragedy of loving someone you can never have. Give me break.She goes back in time and corrects their first meeting so that he never loved her. Then she meets another man of his lineage who looks exactly the same and falls in love with him. She gets over him prettily easily like she never really loved him that epic tragic love she kept whining about . As a result, the only emotional growth or development that our characters endured is erased and sacrificed for the necessity of a happy ending that’s as boring as the rest of the book.
I am hurt to say I was wrong and the librarian is a tangible proof to that. I am really amazed how a book that contains so many cool and interesting elements ends up with the charisma and the appeal of a piece of wood, harsh, I know but it is my honest to GOD opinion.
At first, I was intrigued by the premise of a
But then, ridiculous and boring things kept happening and I was in denial at first because I wanted to love the book but after reading more than its half, I could not keep doing it and I just slapped myself with the truth: this is a very boring superficial book with nothing interesting whatsoever and the chance that it gets better are slim to none right now.
This book is a the proof of how you take a very promising idea and then you butcher it with annoying immature characters and an unconvincing flat romance that has no passion, no chemistry and no fire. To make it more clear why I hated the romance, I need to say that I am not a fan of insta-love, it just does not work for me because it throws everything fascinating about a relationship development out of the window. And in this story the female protagonist falls in love with the male protagonist after meeting him twice for a couple of hours. They spend those hours ogling each other, drooling on each other and flirting with each other, add to that the lack of the chemistry and connection and I find myself annoyed and disappointed.
And we are supposed to believe that it’s an epic love story about sacrifice and tragedy of loving someone you can never have. Give me break.