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The Library: A Fragile History by Arthur der Weduwen, Andrew Pettegree

halleyc's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

bookishlybeauty's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

bibliobaggins_'s review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

3.25

fionagerman's review against another edition

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Decided to buy this book as it was just so full of juicy and interesting things that I needed longer to redy it. will pick it up again now that I have my own copy

lizardking_no1's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

3.25

tamarbookaholic's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

5.0

jraye1998's review against another edition

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challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

srbibliotecario's review against another edition

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informative slow-paced

4.0

geneticginger's review against another edition

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4.0

Fascinating historical journey through the history of lobraries. This book took me a while to get through because it's dense but the density provided so much interesting information about the continuation of libraries.

sharperquill's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

This book took me FOR EVER to read, it’s exceptionally dense and packed with the kind of language you’d find in a journal or a scientific report. I learned a lot, that’s for sure. I will definitely come back to dig into some of the references and citations (the full final 20% of the book by page count). I definitely highlighted many thought provoking passages and found some very interesting details - it’s just not something I would recommend if you’re looking for something engaging and snappy.