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Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr

4.32 AVERAGE

jencolumb0's review

DID NOT FINISH: 24%

I am all for a celebration of librarians and the role they play in sustaining humanity but I was completely unclear as to why I gasped to trudge through the (pretty significant) trauma of several children to get there and *start* at a  bombing of a building containing other children. Oddly, I found the bald writing engaging but did not care at all about most of the characters or where the story was going. I am well aware of why we need librarians and why we need humanity guarded, thus, this is not the book for me. 

I also took significant umbrage to the fact that the perpetrator of that bombing was clearly coded as autistic; I didn’t get far enough to see if it was explicitly stated but we don’t need to pile onto the stigmas that already exist. Looking forward to moving on to the next book. 
adventurous hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Complicated
adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

abbyn17's review

4.5
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

eagledream's review

5.0

thank you for this book
its about you and beauty, libraries as centers for freedom, climate change and how the narrowness of our vision expands to ignorance of surroundings and the simplicity - complexity of nature.
AND SO MUCH MORE Please read the book
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olemartin's review

3.75
hopeful inspiring reflective
adventurous emotional 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

eafreed's review

5.0

just fucking phenomenal
adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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