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The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson

43 reviews

readingwithmycats's review against another edition

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funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

If there is a book of quirky characters, I will find it and I will love it. This was precious, the characters were precious, it involves books and a library worth fighting for so obviously I would be drawn to it. This was an absolute delight to read. 
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chemeducator's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

A quick, light read about a small town drawing together to try to keep the local library branch open. While much of the plot is predictable, I like the theme of the importance of books and libraries even in this digital age.
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juanat77's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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cass28's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I started this book because I'm also working in a library and the plot hits home. The story begins expectingly shallow and the characters seemed cliché, so I didn't think much more of it than a good side read. The bullying of the main character even closely made me quit because I couldn't stand it, since June couldn't even fight back, yet alone speak, for her defense one damn time. She is passive in life and the story got me extremely angry. But then there was Stanley who carrys the whole story and was my favourite character since he got introduced. 

I'm now glad I didn't quit the book, since after the first half it was getting very deep and emotional, surprisingly.
The book made me cry for various reasons.
All in all I really enjoyed that book and it's one of my favourites now! :)
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jenniee_reads's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I have been reading a lot of fantasy books lately and needed something light and easy as a buffer. I felt that this was pretty slow in the beginning, but it picked up after a few chapters and I found myself rooting for the characters and their cause to save the library. I love how unique each of the characters are, and although predictable, I felt the ending was perfect and tied everything up nicely. I randomly picked this up and it did exactly what I needed it to do. 
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ttorisaurus's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted fast-paced
  • 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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wad3mil3sgarru2's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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kimmykelly's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

3.5

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el90's review against another edition

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hopeful inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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analenegrace's review

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

So much of how I give five stars is if it made me cry, and this absolutely did. As someone currently getting a library master's degree, it always makes me so emotional to consider what libraries, especially public libraries offer their patrons. They are so much more than book repositories, they are everything to a community.

I loved the characters in this book deeply and appreciated that the side characters got fleshed out, starting as caricatures of people you might see in a library and becoming important and valuable to the library by the end. I also appreciated that
they didn't win but that a solution was found otherwise. Books where people always win against corrupt government make me tired since so rarely do people actually win, so I loved the realism and the earnestness of the characters and the plot.


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