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A review by bargainsleuth
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
4.0
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This book has a long hold list at my local library, both print and digital copy. Much to my surprise, both the digital and physical copies became available to me at the same time. I couldn’t remember why I wanted to read The Woman in the Library, other than it was supposed to be set in a library. I was surprised to see that the book only had a 3.5 average rating on Goodreads given the popularity of the book. I decided to give the book a chance, anyway. After all, there are plenty of books that get rave reviews and I found them just okay.
The Woman in the Library is a locked room mystery at its heart, along with a bit of metafiction thrown in, which was a fun twist for me since I couldn’t remember why I requested the book from the library. There are only a few suspects, and for the majority of the book, the clues lead to one suspect. Well, I thought, that’s not much fun for the reader, and concluded that it was just a red herring. I was right.
Very little of the mystery takes place in the Boston Public Library, so I felt a bit cheated by the title. That’s only where the story starts. I still liked this mystery, though, and would recommend it to anyone who likes a locked room mystery with a few twists.
This book has a long hold list at my local library, both print and digital copy. Much to my surprise, both the digital and physical copies became available to me at the same time. I couldn’t remember why I wanted to read The Woman in the Library, other than it was supposed to be set in a library. I was surprised to see that the book only had a 3.5 average rating on Goodreads given the popularity of the book. I decided to give the book a chance, anyway. After all, there are plenty of books that get rave reviews and I found them just okay.
The Woman in the Library is a locked room mystery at its heart, along with a bit of metafiction thrown in, which was a fun twist for me since I couldn’t remember why I requested the book from the library. There are only a few suspects, and for the majority of the book, the clues lead to one suspect. Well, I thought, that’s not much fun for the reader, and concluded that it was just a red herring. I was right.
Very little of the mystery takes place in the Boston Public Library, so I felt a bit cheated by the title. That’s only where the story starts. I still liked this mystery, though, and would recommend it to anyone who likes a locked room mystery with a few twists.