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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
You know, they can't all be winners. First books are hard.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
I felt this story was incredibly underwhelming. I kept waiting for “the thing” to happen, for a reveal for the road trip, and I never got one.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I enjoyed this book, interesting story and great characters. I loved all the references to children's books. It was a book that reminded me why I love to read so much.
There are things I liked about this book, and things that I really didn't. Namely, I hated the fact that Lucy hates her job. As a children's librarian who loves her job, it was kind of hard to read about someone who didn't like it. But whatever. The eithics discussion was interesting, and I really liked the occasional style references to children's books like [b:The Very Hungry Caterpillar] and [b:Goodnight Moon].
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I'm an hour and 37 minutes into The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai and so far I'm not actually enjoying it. It's about a librarian and a boy whose parents are severely limiting his reading and have put him in gay conversion therapy. It's just... the main character doesn't have much personality that's coming across. I don't like her. Books where I don't like the main character are just no fun.