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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
emotional
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
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
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
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:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
fast-paced
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book has two things that attracted me: Paris and a library. Paris, a beautiful city that I look forward to seeing again and a library. Books have become my safe haven over the years. Nothing like a good book to help you overcome something.
Both such as this one is a great way to explore a different take on life during the Nazi occupation of France. It is a reminder that life was not so simple and when face with the choice to live or die we don't know what choice we will really make. And for those that chose to live - what was their cost. Charles shows up what that choice cost - turning family and friends in, the lose of friendship, and trust for others. The history books don't realy talk or shows us this part of war.
We get a story of passive resistance during a time that you would and potinally your family and anyone assoicated with you could be killed by defying the regimes orders. A group of librarins that came together not to just protect writen works being censor and destory but also defying orders by still assisting the Jewish patrions. We also get a story of two women brought together by lose. The lose of a mother and the lose of another life.
I do have to say I enjoyed this book. There is a story of two women trying to find themselves. A story of resilence andhope and the ability to heal each others wounds just by listening and telling their stories. But, at the center that ties it all together is the American Library in Paris - with some humber from the dewy decimal system.
Both such as this one is a great way to explore a different take on life during the Nazi occupation of France. It is a reminder that life was not so simple and when face with the choice to live or die we don't know what choice we will really make. And for those that chose to live - what was their cost. Charles shows up what that choice cost - turning family and friends in, the lose of friendship, and trust for others. The history books don't realy talk or shows us this part of war.
We get a story of passive resistance during a time that you would and potinally your family and anyone assoicated with you could be killed by defying the regimes orders. A group of librarins that came together not to just protect writen works being censor and destory but also defying orders by still assisting the Jewish patrions. We also get a story of two women brought together by lose. The lose of a mother and the lose of another life.
I do have to say I enjoyed this book. There is a story of two women trying to find themselves. A story of resilence andhope and the ability to heal each others wounds just by listening and telling their stories. But, at the center that ties it all together is the American Library in Paris - with some humber from the dewy decimal system.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
The Paris Library combined two of the things I love:
1. Books about books
2. Inter-generational friendships
Such a delight. Sometimes books about WWII are too much for me, having read too many Nazi stories growing up, but this felt purposeful and didn’t make the war a main character. I have a feeling Odile and Lily will live on in my thoughts for a while.
1. Books about books
2. Inter-generational friendships
Such a delight. Sometimes books about WWII are too much for me, having read too many Nazi stories growing up, but this felt purposeful and didn’t make the war a main character. I have a feeling Odile and Lily will live on in my thoughts for a while.
Fascinating cast of characters, and good lessons imparted. I had heard of this library, but they weren't involved in espionage, just good works.
Set in a harrowing time of enemy occupation, yet the real work to be done isn’t resistance but fighting our own petty selfishness and rage at perceived injustice. The judgmental attitudes of the two main heroines are the true enemy, something so many of us carry inside all the time. How lucky Lily was to befriend Odile, and vice versa.