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A book about the power of stories (dedicated to librarians, no less) that follows three different timelines—and five different characters—all connected by a book. It’s also written by Anthony Doerr, a favorite writer. The reviews so far have been glowing. On paper, this is the perfect book for me; unfortunately that didn’t translate to my reading experience. I just didn’t find the characters (with the possible exception of Zeno) very compelling. I appreciated the theme of interconnectedness and
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Wars, siege, ecofiction, science fiction. Disabilities, exclusion, orphans. 1400s, 1930s-50s, 1970s, 2010s, 2150s. This book has a little bit of everything. And I found this book very readable (even on kindle--it did NOT feel like 600 pages), but also just to be too much. Does it need everything? No. It's a weird mashup of Cloud Atlas and Bewilderment, and even my old fave The Girl in Hyancinth Blue--only here, the character that brings all of these different storylines together is a story itsel
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really enjoyed how all the individual stories came together in the end. 4 stars only because the audiobook seemed to be missing some parts. and it was probably a harder book to be listening to instead of reading, but the narrators were actually quite enjoyable.
Not quite as all-consuming as All the Light We Cannot See but timely. Interesting premise and characters.
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