elneveu 's review for:

The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai

3.0

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I was really happy with the ending. It lags a bit in the middle and I had a few complaints, but she really stuck the landing. Also, it's hard to find too much fault with a book about lonely people who like books.


Books mentioned in "the borrower"
Matilda
Little house in the big woods
Fantastic Mr fox
Green eggs and ham
Tales of a fourth grade nothing
D'aulaires Greek myths
Egypt game
Theater shoes
My side of the mountain
From the mixed up files of Mrs basil e. Frank writer
(Charlotte's Web opening line)
Tuck everlasting
Harry Potter
The golden goblet
Misty of chincoteague
Ellen tebbits
Vanity fair
The pushcart war
A wrinkle in time
The westing game
Huron and the sea of stories
Five children and it
The princess Bride
Bobbsey twins books
1,000 date nights
The polar express
The night before Christmas
The search for delicious
The BFG
Danny, the champion of the world
Number the stars
Anna Karenina
The 21 balloons
Heidi
The hobbit
Bunnicula
The giver
The golden compass
Lord of the flies
The catcher in the rye
A separate peace
The things they carried
David Copperfield
Middlesex
Where the red fern grows