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A review by emrache
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
4.0
How can I not love a book that starts out in the Reading Room of the Boston Public Library? I'm pretty sure it's impossible. I love the BPL with all my heart. Also, so many fun Boston references, both real and fictional. They go to the Friendly Toast! And the Brattle! But also cool fictional places that I wish existed like Around the Hole, a donut shop near Copley.
This book had so many layers of story telling and writers that made for a wild ride - most of the novel is written by Hannah, an author sending chapters from her newest book to an online friend, Leo, who responds to them by email. As the chapters progress, you see how Hannah uses Leo's advice to adapt (or not) her story as well as a better picture of their relationship. And in Hannah's story, there are two authors who are also writing, one of whom is writing a fictionalized story about the people she met that fateful day at the BPL when they all were present for a murder. There's also another writer who wasn't at the BPL that day, but his name is also Leo. And on and on it goes. I read this book with a smile on my face.
This book had so many layers of story telling and writers that made for a wild ride - most of the novel is written by Hannah, an author sending chapters from her newest book to an online friend, Leo, who responds to them by email. As the chapters progress, you see how Hannah uses Leo's advice to adapt (or not) her story as well as a better picture of their relationship. And in Hannah's story, there are two authors who are also writing, one of whom is writing a fictionalized story about the people she met that fateful day at the BPL when they all were present for a murder. There's also another writer who wasn't at the BPL that day, but his name is also Leo. And on and on it goes. I read this book with a smile on my face.