Reviews

The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin

mgwalker8's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

sassybooks's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

4.0

mrs_jarowhiskey2's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

alsal29's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

caseytherrien's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

4.0

kellifer98's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

courtsvab's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

emilyrbenedict's review against another edition

informative inspiring tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Historical fictions aren’t usually my go to reads so take this review with a grain of salt if you do enjoy this genre because I’m not very knowledgeable. I think based on the description of this book I was expecting a little bit different of a story. In my opinion it took a very long time for the story to really have a lot of action / get into a groove. It was about 45% of the way done before I really started to enjoy the book. Each chapter you switch POVs between the 2 main characters and it was very easy to distinguish their separate stories. I really appreciate the author note at the end and the amount of effort the author put into making this novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, War, Death, Genocide, and Gun violence

Minor: Suicide

daree_222's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

nightwing's review against another edition

2.0

I found it really dull. I also was disappointed it didn't really involve much "library" stuff and it had two POVs, one of which is NOT a librarian.