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nrogers_1030's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
The Lost Library is such a sweet and sad story about moving on. Libraries are so important to me - they're safe havens, a place to learn and dream. The authors understand the magic that is a library & it emanated from the pages. I listened to the audiobook and the narrators are fantastic.
Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan.Audio for providing an advanced copy of the audiobook for an honest review. Any quote(s) used in my review have been uncorrected.
Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan.Audio for providing an advanced copy of the audiobook for an honest review. Any quote(s) used in my review have been uncorrected.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury
purplepenning's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
The kind of adventurous, thoughtful, mysterious, empathetic story that can turn readers of any age into great readers.
These young readers felt things about books, which is why I call them great readers. Being a great reader has nothing to do with reading great sophisticated books or reading great long books or even with reading a great many books. Being a great reader means feeling something about books.
The Lost Library is told in three perspectives: 1) Evan, who is an inquisitive boy entering the last summer before middle school; 2) Al, a ghostly librarian who has lost her place in the world; and 3) Mortimer, a large orange cat who is dedicated, kind, and lonely. They are connected, tenuously, by a little free library, and more deeply by the mysteries of the former town library, another inquisitive boy, and the improbabilities of mice.
The dear boy was, as I've said, a great reader. He read a good number of books and, more importantly, he took some of them straight into his heart.
Fun, sweet, mysterious, sad, triumphant, and just a touch fantastical — it's a near perfect middle grade read.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief, Death, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Mental illness and Death of parent
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