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A review by bookgirl1209
The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai
3.0
This is the story of Lucy, a children's librarian in Hannibal Missouri who one day runs away with a ten year old library patron, Ian. Or she kidnaps him...or maybe it's him that kidnaps her.
Either way this is Lucy's way of saving Ian from his evangelical parents who send him to a get-straight school as it seems he may (or may not) be gay.
I loved the fact that this book has a lot of library related content. I love the way she incorporates well-known children's books into the story. (We hear what Lucy and Ian eat on the road in a Very Hungry Caterpillar way).
But oddly, it was a story where I felt I was waiting for something to happen even while feeling that too much was happening that shouldn't be.
I loved the characters, I loved the plot but this was a case, for me, of all the parts not equally a whole. I'd still recommend it though, especially to my library co-workers.
Either way this is Lucy's way of saving Ian from his evangelical parents who send him to a get-straight school as it seems he may (or may not) be gay.
I loved the fact that this book has a lot of library related content. I love the way she incorporates well-known children's books into the story. (We hear what Lucy and Ian eat on the road in a Very Hungry Caterpillar way).
But oddly, it was a story where I felt I was waiting for something to happen even while feeling that too much was happening that shouldn't be.
I loved the characters, I loved the plot but this was a case, for me, of all the parts not equally a whole. I'd still recommend it though, especially to my library co-workers.