renkenreads 's review for:

Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb

5.0

challenging emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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As someone who works in archives, I absolutely loved this book. So many stories are buried because we don’t know to look for them. This was a beautiful fiction that could all too easily be true in the world we live in. Museums, archives, libraries are not neutral spaces. They do a ton of good, but they also perpetuate systems of power that existed far beyond our time of trying to be more equitable. Slocumb has beautiful afterward I encourage you to read as well.