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m_kayk 's review for:
The Library at the Edge of the World
by Felicity Hayes-McCoy
PopSugar Challenge 2020: "a book with a book on the cover."
This was OK for me. I didn't find that the plot really started until I was about 2/3 of the way through the book, so I was not very impressed with how the set-up and execution of the story only culminated in the last 75 pages. I also didn't feel invested in the characters enough to want to read more of this series (which I didn't know was a series until I was about halfway through the book).
The blurb for this book was what drew me to the story in the first place (as is usually the case for me). I don't feel as if it lived up to the expectations I had in my mind for what was going to be the major conflicts for the whole story. The conflict around the library was only brought out in the second half of the book, so I was pretty confused about how the title related to the story until then. Most of the conflict centers around Hanna's relationship with her mother and her daughter. The secrets she keeps from both of them are not fully resolved at the end of the book, but again, I don't feel interested enough in the characters to really want to know how quickly Hanna moves out or when Jazz finds out the truth in her parents' divorce.
Overall, I would not recommend this book, unless it was a specific type of audience.
This was OK for me. I didn't find that the plot really started until I was about 2/3 of the way through the book, so I was not very impressed with how the set-up and execution of the story only culminated in the last 75 pages. I also didn't feel invested in the characters enough to want to read more of this series (which I didn't know was a series until I was about halfway through the book).
The blurb for this book was what drew me to the story in the first place (as is usually the case for me). I don't feel as if it lived up to the expectations I had in my mind for what was going to be the major conflicts for the whole story. The conflict around the library was only brought out in the second half of the book, so I was pretty confused about how the title related to the story until then. Most of the conflict centers around Hanna's relationship with her mother and her daughter. The secrets she keeps from both of them are not fully resolved at the end of the book, but again, I don't feel interested enough in the characters to really want to know how quickly Hanna moves out or when Jazz finds out the truth in her parents' divorce.
Overall, I would not recommend this book, unless it was a specific type of audience.