7.24k reviews for:

The Library at Mount Char

Scott Hawkins

4.05 AVERAGE

mmaaccaa's review against another edition

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Recommended by Lexi aka NewlyNova ☄️

tanabanana30's review against another edition

5.0

dark funny mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent

mjguest's review

4.0

adventurous 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: No

katherinewrenreads's review against another edition

3.25

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

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Boy, this was a trip. 

I can definitely see how people could love this. It's just too... gritty for my personal tastes 

gsiusc's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

semeyers's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark reflective sad 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

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A wonderfully weird acid trip of a book.  I loved the prose and the pacing and am sad that I won't ever be able to read it for the first time again, however I am interested in reading it a second time knowing how it all turns out.  Like others, this was so close to a 5-star read for me, but around the 75% mark it started to fall flat and lose me a little bit.  Not enough for me to stop reading, but enough to have a few "get on with it" moments.  Overall, recommend and really enjoyed!

sunman's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

cloieand's review

3.5

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

mrsano's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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: Complicated

bearilliant's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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An incredible reading experience that I couldn't even begin to describe. Every revelation hit me like a truck

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail

This is a VERY dark book with very heavy themes