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The Library of Broken Worlds by Alaya Dawn Johnson

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thelibrarylady42's review

challenging mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

I wanted so hard to like this! The blurb grabbed me, but the style of writing didn't. Attempted a couple of times before eventually dropping it. Was hoping it would get me out of the reading slump I was in, but the heavy scifi themes, confusing Pronouns and lack of exposition was way too distracting, I just could not get into it. But reading other reviews it doesn't sound like I missed too much.

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2.0

Format: Print

I am so disappointed by this one because I really wanted to love it, but so much of the book just went over my head. I think if you asked me, I could probably give you a general summary of what happened, but it was so overly complex that most of the time I didn’t have a clue what was going on. I nearly dnfed multiple times, but each time something would hook me enough to continue, it just didn’t hook me enough to be able to give it any more than this.