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The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong

5 reviews

cameronmh's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Wonderful piece of historical fiction, with two very different plot lines in two very different eras. I love the characters, who all have large flaws, especially the two protagonists. Would be 5 stars, but
the twist was a bit too easy to see coming.
This would normally cost more than half a star, but I enjoyed it so much anyway that I couldn’t take away more!
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cranewife's review

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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bookishbek's review against another edition

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emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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armstam3's review

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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bringmybooks's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Thank you to NetGalley, G.P. Putnam's Sons, & Penguin Random House for the opportunity to read and review this book before it's publication date! This in no way affected my review, opinions are my own.

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Look, is it the book's fault that one of my MOST HATED TROPES in historical fiction is the martyr / miscommunication that lasts upwards of 50 years? No. But also. I cannot.

I was way more invested in the more contemporary of the two timelines, following Kathleen as she enrolls in the US Naval Academy in 1976, the first year that women were allowed to join. That being said, if you read that sentence and thought to yourself, "My God, I bet that some of the dudes made that absolute hell for them," you would a) be correct and b) be really upset throughout most of the chapters focusing on Kathleen's story.

I appreciated the author showing how tough women are, and I also appreciated that at the end of their first year there wasn't a magical moment when all the men accepted them (because that would not have been realistic).

Emmaline's POV bugged me because I knew in my bones that normally I would eat that up - two childhood friends reconnecting in a France at war over books and memories and idioms from the shared language of their Russian ancestry? SIGN. ME. UP. But it didn't work for me, and I can't put my fingers on why. (Most likely: most hated trope mentioned above, but whatevs)

Ultimately I'm glad I read it because it focused on something I didn't know a lot about out (one of the reasons I love hist fic!) but it wasn't a favorite.
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