The Woman in the Library
Ratings39
Average rating3.4
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Ratings39
Average rating3.4
"The beautifully ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library is completely silent one weekday morning, until a woman's terrified scream echoes through the room. Security guards immediately appear and instruct everyone inside to stay put until they determine there is no threat. While they wait for the all-clear, four strangers who had been sitting in the reading room get to chatting and quickly become friendly. Harriet, Marigold, Whit, and Caine each have their own reasons for being in the reading room that morning--and it just happens that one of them may turn out to be a murderer. For readers of Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore, with shades of The Secret History, THE WOMAN IN THE LIBRARY is an unexpectedly twisty literary adventure that examines the complicated nature of friendship and shows us that words can be the most dangerous weapons of all"--
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A book that asks the audacious question “What if a story-within-a-story structure had no purpose or payoff at all?”
(Its side question is “What if we went out of our way to assert things like ‘Americans don't use the word beanie' or ‘Americans never call it a phone, they call it a cell phone'?” The errors were so obvious and unforced that I thought they would comprise some kind of plot point. Incorrect!)
I love a book that has a side character that's honestly creepier than the main cast. I just loved the format of this book.
I liked the way it went back and forth between chapters and letters. The storyline with both of them was strong and suspenseful. I suspected several people and in the end one of my suspects were right because I suspected everyone at least once. The bad guy gets caught at the end, but it still ends in a creepy note. These characters will stick with me.
this was a fun and well written mystery, with a cool writing and storytelling structure that constantly makes you question which thing is real? which i really enjoyed. but i was honestly disappointed with the direction the mystery went in a few very clear distinct moments, so i'm sticking with a 3 star. but i would recommend it if you're interested in reading a mystery/thriller that's unique though for sure.
