A review by tessa_samuels
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book was a wild, wild ride. I first want to say it was a fascinating, plot and very well written. I think a lot of people would really enjoy this book. It’s about a man with God, like power and children that he’s taken in to teach them different things. The children are all crazy and not very likable, but part of the charm of it is understanding them and their traumas. The hardest part of the book for me was that there was a lot of animal violence. There was violence against dogs, and I cannot handle violence against dogs and violence against tigers. There was also beautiful connection with animals as well, but , it was too much for me and I had to skip large portions of the book due to it. Other than that, I would say it was a very brilliant buck, and a very unique book. There was a lot of nonsensical things, and a lot of questions that never got answered, but it all works somehow. One thing that was really interesting. was that there were always storylines and you would learn the entire storyline and feel so confused and then at the last possible moment, you would get an extra litigation and it always was kind of cool. As someone who really hate surprises and not understanding things, I thought that this was done super well. But I gave it a three star rating due to the animal abuse. 
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