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lizshayne 's review for:
The Personal Librarian
by Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
There’s a point towards the final third of this book where I went from being extremely invested to…just kind of wanting to be done.
I was fascinated by Belle’s life story and I appreciate that not everyone cares as much about incunabula as I do, so I won’t hold the relatives absence of book descriptions against the author.
And while I was reading the book itself, I noticed the very large role that men play (relative to women) in Belle’s life and I was willing to forgive a historical novel for that one, but given the liberties that the authors DID take, it feels like there could have been more attention given to Belle’s relationships with people other than powerful men. The story they told was fascinating and I keep wondering about the one they didn’t.
I was fascinated by Belle’s life story and I appreciate that not everyone cares as much about incunabula as I do, so I won’t hold the relatives absence of book descriptions against the author.
And while I was reading the book itself, I noticed the very large role that men play (relative to women) in Belle’s life and I was willing to forgive a historical novel for that one, but given the liberties that the authors DID take, it feels like there could have been more attention given to Belle’s relationships with people other than powerful men. The story they told was fascinating and I keep wondering about the one they didn’t.