The Librarian of Burned Books by Brianna Labuskes

4.01 AVERAGE

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kerrmace's review

4.0
adventurous emotional funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shebb015's review against another edition

3.75
emotional informative reflective medium-paced

thatstellerreader's review

3.0
dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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jamiejanae's review

3.75
hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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nancysweitzer's review against another edition

2.25
informative slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No

dmmcknight's review

4.0
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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corriejn's review against another edition

3.25
It's fine, but quite on the nose about its messages (as in, not just un-subtle allegories or such, but the several main characters explicitly thinking or talking about the lessons they'd taken away from various events earlier in the book) and was really dragging for me by the end.

erin_orr's review against another edition

4.0
challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

westmegan12's review

5.0
Gosh this one is so good.  The writing is so captivating and I honestly had to remind myself it’s not an autobiography. The switching of timelines got me at first since I was listening. But it’s so good and I can honestly understand how people got swept up into H*tlers ideology in that time period.  It’s very similar to present day life. I just hope we make it to the other side with way less damage than they did. 

jakehart's review

4.0
the first half is slow, but wow the second half is worth it! a beautiful and powerful love letter to books and the importance of telling stories