A review by outtoexist
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I read this book for the StoryGraph genre challenge, which I love. This is the ONLY book StoryGraph gave me that matched all of my most commonly read features - probably because I read quite a variety and so my common features are a bit random. The beginning was rough for me, that is all that keeps this from being five stars - books that have multiple different storylines are intimidating to me. However, I ended up treating it like a series of short stories, so I was shocked when I got to the end and was GENUINELY, DEEPLY invested in how the stories came together. It was a beautiful love story to the power of books & libraries & stories, all of my favorite things in a book!!
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