kcv 's review for:

The Library Book by Susan Orlean

3.5

informative mysterious slow-paced

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This one was interesting. I was really excited for a real life mystery about books and a library. I didn't expect to get a history of the LA Library system. While it really reads like a love letter to libraries (and made me consider a career change for a sec), it felt a bit disjointed. I will say, it did make me feel like I was walking through a library, picking random books off a shelf, reading a chapter and putting it back. Kind of a cool concept, if a bit of whiplash.