suzmccurry 's review for:

The Novel Cure: From Abandonment to Zestlessness: 751 Books to Cure What Ails You by Ella Berthoud, Susan Elderkin

2.0

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This just wasn't for me, as much as I wanted it to be. As a librarian who loves doing readers' advisory, I was familiar with bibliotherapy and I liked the concept of this book. The execution just wasn't my cup of tea. And, overall, neither were the recommendations. As some other reviewers have mentioned, I don't know how cool it is to joke that reading The Shining will cure someone of alcoholism. The authors also made some mistakes about the plots of some pretty famous books, which was jarring and left me feeling like I couldn't quite trust their recommendations, even if they were being tongue in cheek. This was a miss for me.