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What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

6 reviews

spuriousdiphthongs's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

iaproton's review

hopeful informative mysterious relaxing sad

2.0

More slice of life than magical realism. Some mild to moderate life problems,husband not helping around the house and fighting about it, called into HR for being angry and treated like a doormat ,not liking one's job,being put in a different lower status job after having a child...

 Mostly relaxing audio until you get to the 3rd main character and her child that likes to scream ''no.''

Most of the book is the main characters' thoughts with some dialogue every so often.Problems are solved simply and too quickly,  it is nice to see some personal growth but it almost happened overnight.

The book has about 20 different characters which makes it quite difficult to follow occasionally.

  There are multiple narrators. The one toward the last quarter of the book has a really terrible falsetto.

Wanting to find out more about the librarian was what made interested in finishing. She isn't mentioned often and every time uneccesarily in a fatphobic way. 

I wouldn't give it a 2nd listen ,whereas DallerGut Dream Department Store I would as it has more magic and whimsy with less misery taking up 3/4 of the book.

There aren't many cats depsite the  cover.

I was hoping that the last chapter would be dedicated to the librarian solving the mysterious aspects , but there was no such chapter.Very disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Sexism

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Ableism, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, and Pedophilia

Divorce, anxiety

vaykay's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Amazing character work. I really connected with #1 and I additionally felt as if I would one day relate to the struggles of #5 in some way. I was able to connect to all of the characters and found their development to be beautiful.

The translator needed an editor though; there were over a dozen typos in the English copy. It was especially disappointing during #3, where you are connecting to a former magazine editor (lol!).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Misogyny

Moderate: Body shaming and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol and Pedophilia

crystalisreading's review

hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, and Sexism

arturo_luzen's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Body shaming

Minor: Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Sexism, Fatphobia, Grief, and Bullying

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Grief, Death, Chronic illness, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Bullying