lvleggett 's review for:

The Book Censor's Library by Bothayna Al-Essa

4.5

adventurous challenging dark sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Part 1984, part Alice in Wonderland. A man living in a near future where all imagination has been squashed but an authoritarian government enters into the world of book censorship and quickly finds himself in love with books. A dangerous thing to do. As he falls further into an underworld of readers and resistors, he sees the depth of government control. A love letter to the power of books to reflect and shape humanity. As unsettling as any of the dystopian worlds that informed it.