A review by carlyalicea
The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai

5.0

This is a book for people who love books. It follows Lucy, a library who inadvertently kidnaps a 10-year-old patron and takes him a cross-country road trip in a desperate attempt to instill in him the message that it's okay to be whoever you are. Sprinkled between chapters are clever parodies of popular children's books like "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" and "Goodnight Moon," which leave the well-read reader feeling like they're "in" on the inside joke. I'm not sure I would recommend this book to someone who wasn't an avid reader, because I don't know that they would appreciate it fully, but for any lover of literature, "The Borrower" will undoubtedly become a favorite that you'll want for your own bookshelf.