The Librarianist
Ratings21
Average rating3.5
A sweetly quirky first half let down by a lacklustre and slightly pointless second. If this was a movie it would be directed by Wes Anderson but I wouldn't like it.
I enjoyed this book mostly. I liked the main character, the story was interesting, different. I looked forward to picking it back up each day, the ending was...interesting - still trying to figure it out.
Best quote: “Maria understood that part of aging, at least for many of us, was to see how misshapen and imperfect our stories had to be. The passage of time bends us, it folds us up, and eventually, it tucks us right into the ground.” p. 323
Bit of a tricky one. When I finished it, I was quite disappointed with the ending as it just sort of stopped, and felt a bit flat after a slow, nothing-y story. But, the more I think about it, and the more it pops back into my mind, I think it was actually, probably quite good and Bob's story quite unextrodinary in the best way. I'd recommend if looking for an easy and uneventful but sort of hopeful and quite weird story.