Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

La bibliotecaria di New York by Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

29 reviews

notsogabbygabby's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Abortion

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Classism

marrireadsandrambles's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual content, Antisemitism, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

tarabrynn's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Abortion and Death of parent

kcrockford's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Initially the pace felt very slow but picked up about halfway through, and I couldn't put it down. I didn't initially realize this book is based off of real people which adds an extra layer of intrigue for the reader. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

karyan1's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Antisemitism, Abortion, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, War, and Classism

readbycarina's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Medical trauma, and Abortion

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Antisemitism, Grief, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent and War

victoriousbookworm's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, and Abortion

Moderate: Infidelity, Antisemitism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent

bookcasey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Antisemitism, Grief, Abortion, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Minor: Bullying, Slavery, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, Alcohol, War, and Classism

amerikanerin's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Abortion

Minor: Antisemitism and Death of parent

ashleyreads88's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

The Personal Librarian is the story of Belle da Costa Greene.  It's heartbreaking but hopeful.  Belle was a young Black woman who passed as white.  The Personal Librarian tells Belle's story as the librarian of J.P. Morgan.  It's about her professional and personal life as Morgan's librarian, and the challenges she faced being a woman in a man's world.  The way Belle navigated auctions and negotiated was inspiring. Were there times when she was manipulative? Yes, but it was to get deals done for the rare manuscripts for the library.  I loved how strong and fearless Belle was, I loved watching her growth, how she loved the library and wanted what was the best for it.  She had great attention to detail in making the library what it was.  After reading this book, it made me want to go visit the library to learn more and see firsthand what Belle did.  I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, and Abortion

Moderate: Infidelity, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

Minor: Slavery, Death of parent, and Abandonment