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

tommie30's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative slow-paced

4.0

igru23's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

maritothemoon's review against another edition

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informative reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

tiarnijade's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

bluedaisygirl's review against another edition

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3.0

I wanted to love it, because I do love libraries, but I struggled getting through this one... Even on audio.
There were some really interesting things in this book, and I feel like I learned a lot, but some of the timeline was confusing, especially since I wasn't seeing it visually.

sruff's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

missoj's review against another edition

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It was interesting and I hope to get back to it someday, but it was a little slow and then I ran out of renewals at the library. oops.

shandraaa's review against another edition

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DNF @ 52%

algorithm0392's review against another edition

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3.0

This book was kind of like a library. A tremendous idea with a lot of history, names, dates, and places (perhaps too many...) sweeping across time and space. Thoroughly researched—who knew library records exist from many centuries ago—this book was an ode to books. Ended up skimming a fair amount towards the end, hoping for more recent history and perhaps more of a U.S. focus. Books are cool, though.

Maybe 2022 is the year I spring for a Kindle? Hey, libraries evolve.

poetdreaming's review against another edition

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informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0