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A review by funktious
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Amazing book. Absolutely loved it. I wanted to climb into the pages and give Annabelle a hug. A must read for those who loves books and stories and the potentiality of libraries and blank pages. Although I must now go and apologise to the books on my TBR shelves for leaving them there so long.
A small note of warning for Vocational Awe re librarianship though. As a librarian I feel duty bound to point out that we aren’t all left wing activists, there’s plenty of right wing librarians too that you wouldn’t necessarily know by looking at them and there’s also plenty of curmudgeonly arses in the profession. Like all professions, we contain multitudes. And yes, some of them are amazing bad ass women, but they’d be amazing bad ass women whatever job title they had. And the lack of respect and funding, plus constant attacks from the government / public will eventually break a lot of those women and it won’t be their fault if they stop going above and beyond for their users. Libraries are amazing, librarians are just people, and they both need your support. The end.
A small note of warning for Vocational Awe re librarianship though. As a librarian I feel duty bound to point out that we aren’t all left wing activists, there’s plenty of right wing librarians too that you wouldn’t necessarily know by looking at them and there’s also plenty of curmudgeonly arses in the profession. Like all professions, we contain multitudes. And yes, some of them are amazing bad ass women, but they’d be amazing bad ass women whatever job title they had. And the lack of respect and funding, plus constant attacks from the government / public will eventually break a lot of those women and it won’t be their fault if they stop going above and beyond for their users. Libraries are amazing, librarians are just people, and they both need your support. The end.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm, Grief, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Rape