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Библиотека потерянных вещей by Лаура Тейлор Нейми, Laura Taylor Namey
8 reviews
annagrace43's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, and Alcohol
Minor: Bullying, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment
sprucewillow's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
The story was okay. I picked this up expecting an easy, lighthearted romance, and that's what half of it was. Much of it was about friends, coming of age, growing up. Wonderful topics for YA to cover and this book did a decent job at that. The two BFFs of the story were really sweet friends.
This book was really hard to get through, though. I don't know if it was the style of writing or the protagonist, but everything was described as a life or death soap opera ordeal, vivid descriptions of internal agony dragging on far too long. I started to not care. The subplots could have been better woven together. Asher as a love interest was proposed far too late in the story for a book that advertises itself as a romance, and Darcy's mother was ditched for numerous sequential chapters and reappeared when her hoarding became relevant to the romantic plot.
Book is good if ur like a 13/14 y/o just don't take it super seriously in the romance or the mental illness department.
Graphic: Car accident and Abandonment
Moderate: Mental illness and Medical content
Minor: Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
bg_oseman_fan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Grief, Car accident, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Bullying, Misogyny, Medical content, and Stalking
passionatereader78's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Car accident
colettelikesstuff's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Car accident
eems_madeline's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Abandonment
Moderate: Grief and Car accident
cepbreed's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Song: Let Me Know - LANY
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Car accident
itsmeyseniab's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
My main issue with this novel is the fact that it lacked....direction. It was very much a character-driven story, but the plot felt like too much and not enough simultaneously. So many subplots were introduced (some feeling more "out of the blue" than others), and it made the reading experience feel overcrowded. I appreciated how this novel discussed hoarding and familial relationships, but it just wasn't fleshed out enough to where I felt a deep connection to what was happening - I didn't find myself rooting for anyone, or anything for that matter. The big reveal at the end was extremely rushed as well.
I found our main character Darcy to be very surface-level and pretentious at times. Our love interest Asher Fleet was very standard for a YA love interest (and no, his irony of last name and his desire to be a pilot was not lost on me), but I wish their romance made a little bit more sense. I think that all of the relationships in this book could have been fleshed out a bit more, especially being as it is a character-driven story.
The writing felt juvenile to me - it felt very early-teen YA (like the 11-12 age range). That being said, I am willing to give another one of this author's novels a go, I just wish I loved this one a little bit more!
Moderate: Mental illness and Car accident
Minor: Alcoholism
discussions centered around hoarding and abandonment