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cassielaj's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Sexism, Grief, Misogyny, and Suicide
Moderate: Death of parent
jashanac's review against another edition
Moderate: Infidelity, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Suicide
Minor: Sexism and Child abuse
m_greenlaw's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexism
Moderate: Suicide
time4tori2read's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexism
Minor: Death of parent
wlreed312's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This is a duel timeline story of two women, working in the same place as a similar rash of thefts happen. Laura Lyons and her husband are living in a small apartment of the newly opened library in New York City in 1913, and her granddaughter Sadie is a curator at the same library 80 years later. In both times, a series of rare books goes missing from the vault of the library. Both women attempt to untangle the mystery as all signs indicate they (or her husband, in Laura's case) are the ones committing the crimes.
I enjoyed it a great deal until the end, but the end doesn't work for me. I enjoyed Laura as a character, and liked her journey as she began to want more out of life than being a wife and a mother. I liked her desire to become a journalist and the description of the classes she took to try to make that happen. I loved her friendship with Amelia, and how it grew. But I had a real issue with the conclusion.
Moderate: Sexism, Grief, Homophobia, and Misogyny
Minor: Suicide and Death of parent
jeannine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
The mystery was interesting and I wish that had been the focus. Heaping on one sad secondary event after another made this become a bit depressing.
I also felt that the conclusion was abrupt and not especially satisfying.
Moderate: Death, Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, and Infidelity
Minor: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Grief
kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Biphobia, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Suicide
kates_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Minor: Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Sexism, and Suicide