A review by kimnlove56
The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

emotional informative 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

0.5

This historical fiction feels like it glosses over what would have been more difficult details about what it would have been like to pass in early 20th century, working for a such a big personality and figure as J.P. Morgan. I don't need his fictionalized persona to be villainized or sainted, but the softening of the edges of his characterization felt, well, disingenuous. Overall, as a rah-rah story of a young black woman making well-deserved strides in a world not made for her (though at personal cost), it was satisfying. Otherwise, it seemed a shallow telling of a life story.