1.67k reviews for:

The Book of Love

Kelly Link

3.7 AVERAGE

rachelkb's review against another edition

3.0

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Struggled a bit. Loved Carousel.

ty24's review against another edition

4.75

emotional mysterious 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

snarfy_knits's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

cozycutefun's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

asiporaspoonful's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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: Yes

chiarby14's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 6%

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The dialogue and writing style is not for me

ashleybythelibrary's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

littlestbookstore's review against another edition

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While I don’t always love all her work, I will *always* love Kelly Link for her inventiveness and originality. I can’t honestly recommend this book widely to people who aren’t already diehard fans of hers, mostly because is so long and it feels almost laborious to get through to the part where the narrative finally really comes together. It takes nearly half the novel for the tension to rise in a really interesting way and I’m still not sure if the payoff was totally worth it, but her ideas are never ever boring. Reading Kelly Link feels a lot like watching a Miyazaki film— it’s that thought you have after it’s over, “how did that person come to have such levels of imagination??” And you marvel for a while and sit with the ideas feeling tingly all over.

clairemueller's review against another edition

4.0

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I’m sitting on a plane about to cry because LOVE! I want to reread this because the end was so beautiful and also Kelly Link incredible chaos juggler

beatrizfaria's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes