muchadoaboutliz 's review for:

The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This is such a beautiful book that’s a love letter to books, libraries, and community. It’s a wonderful novel to read and show how going to a third place like a library can change your life for the better. Do know going in though that this book does touch on grief quite a bit and is upfront about it to start. But as someone who has had to deal with a lot of loss over the past 5 years, it’s a beautiful narrative of grief and different ways to handle it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Acephobia/Arophobia

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Abandonment

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism