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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
I loved the kind of two plots happening simultaneously. It was very cool and the mystery had me guessing until the very end!
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
How can I not love a book that starts out in the Reading Room of the Boston Public Library? I'm pretty sure it's impossible. I love the BPL with all my heart. Also, so many fun Boston references, both real and fictional. They go to the Friendly Toast! And the Brattle! But also cool fictional places that I wish existed like Around the Hole, a donut shop near Copley.
This book had so many layers of story telling and writers that made for a wild ride - most of the novel is written by Hannah, an author sending chapters from her newest book to an online friend, Leo, who responds to them by email. As the chapters progress, you see how Hannah uses Leo's advice to adapt (or not) her story as well as a better picture of their relationship. And in Hannah's story, there are two authors who are also writing, one of whom is writing a fictionalized story about the people she met that fateful day at the BPL when they all were present for a murder. There's also another writer who wasn't at the BPL that day, but his name is also Leo. And on and on it goes. I read this book with a smile on my face.
This book had so many layers of story telling and writers that made for a wild ride - most of the novel is written by Hannah, an author sending chapters from her newest book to an online friend, Leo, who responds to them by email. As the chapters progress, you see how Hannah uses Leo's advice to adapt (or not) her story as well as a better picture of their relationship. And in Hannah's story, there are two authors who are also writing, one of whom is writing a fictionalized story about the people she met that fateful day at the BPL when they all were present for a murder. There's also another writer who wasn't at the BPL that day, but his name is also Leo. And on and on it goes. I read this book with a smile on my face.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Interesting, novel within a novel. But the end....yikes. No spoilers here except to say, I do not like it. I was too invested for it to end that way. I like to read other reviews once I am done and I see that I am not alone in this feeling.
Let me start this review off by telling you I don't really read mysteries. I read this because my mom (a librarian) saw this book and thought I might like it.
She was right. This book was stunning. There is no way to explain the joy and excitement this book gave me.
It was sweet and funny, but also chilling and anxiety inducing at times.
The characters were great and so well written. This is one of those books where you can feel yourself falling in love with the love interest as the character is falling for them.
I must say, I never thought Cain was the killer, honestly, I was afraid it was Marigold. The fact that it was Whit was completely out of left field! I never would have guessed it was him!
This was such a good book and I highly recommend it on anyone and everyone!!!
She was right. This book was stunning. There is no way to explain the joy and excitement this book gave me.
It was sweet and funny, but also chilling and anxiety inducing at times.
The characters were great and so well written. This is one of those books where you can feel yourself falling in love with the love interest as the character is falling for them.
I must say, I never thought Cain was the killer, honestly, I was afraid it was Marigold. The fact that it was Whit was completely out of left field! I never would have guessed it was him!
This was such a good book and I highly recommend it on anyone and everyone!!!