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4 stars
Nora is the town librarian in a small town in Colorado not far from Denver. Nora and her brother, Mario, lose their parents in a tragic accident and it stunts both of them. Mario develops a drug addiction, and Nora, believing she can save Mario, lives in the same area, and shuns relationships because she doesn’t really want to hear what everyone is telling her.
On the “night of many endings”, Nora is trapped in her library with Marlene, the old lady who suddenly lost her husband recently, Lewis a drifter who also struggles with a drug addiction, Jasmine a young girl who just moved in with her grandmother after losing her parents, and Vlado the security guard who does more reading than guarding.
Over the course of the night, as the storm gets worse, these people begin to see each other not as stereotypes, but as people with stories of their own. This is a book about community; all these people represent the best and worst of community. They confront their own biases. They start to heal. And Nora discovers a devastating fact about her brother.
I really enjoyed The Night of Many Endings. Thank you to @netgalley and @lakeunionpublishing for the advanced e-copy of #thenightofmanyendings.
Trigger warnings: suicide, addiction. If you have anyone that you love struggling with addiction issues, this book may be difficult to read.
Nora is the town librarian in a small town in Colorado not far from Denver. Nora and her brother, Mario, lose their parents in a tragic accident and it stunts both of them. Mario develops a drug addiction, and Nora, believing she can save Mario, lives in the same area, and shuns relationships because she doesn’t really want to hear what everyone is telling her.
On the “night of many endings”, Nora is trapped in her library with Marlene, the old lady who suddenly lost her husband recently, Lewis a drifter who also struggles with a drug addiction, Jasmine a young girl who just moved in with her grandmother after losing her parents, and Vlado the security guard who does more reading than guarding.
Over the course of the night, as the storm gets worse, these people begin to see each other not as stereotypes, but as people with stories of their own. This is a book about community; all these people represent the best and worst of community. They confront their own biases. They start to heal. And Nora discovers a devastating fact about her brother.
I really enjoyed The Night of Many Endings. Thank you to @netgalley and @lakeunionpublishing for the advanced e-copy of #thenightofmanyendings.
Trigger warnings: suicide, addiction. If you have anyone that you love struggling with addiction issues, this book may be difficult to read.
adventurous
emotional
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
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book should be read by everyone. It helps you look past the obvious differences in people to dig deeper and understand there can be or are similarities between people who may seem completely different to the naked eye. The Night of Many Endings also encourages you to dig deeper into yourself to see what may be holding you back, as the characters discovered “They’d all let something control their lives.”
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thank you to the author, the publisher and Netgalley for giving me this ebook in return for a review.
This was a mainly sweet story following five interesting characters who are stuck inside a library during a storm.
The main thrust of the story is that Nora’s brother is a homeless drug addict and how she feels guilty about that and attempts fo assuage her guilt by helping everyone else out.
The story is quite simple in a way as the night in the storm allows everyone to appreciate how wrong assumptions about others can be.
It’s a pleasant enough story, easy to read but perhaps the romantic relationship subplot could have been developed more successfully.
This was a mainly sweet story following five interesting characters who are stuck inside a library during a storm.
The main thrust of the story is that Nora’s brother is a homeless drug addict and how she feels guilty about that and attempts fo assuage her guilt by helping everyone else out.
The story is quite simple in a way as the night in the storm allows everyone to appreciate how wrong assumptions about others can be.
It’s a pleasant enough story, easy to read but perhaps the romantic relationship subplot could have been developed more successfully.
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes