I picked up the book because it was awarded best fiction by Goodreads but I found the book to be extremely underwhelming.
First of all, the plot was so predictable, a third into the book and you know exactly how it it’s going to end and what the over all message is going to be.
Second of all , the book has no subtly, many times while I was reading the book, it felt like I was reading a non fiction or a self help book. Because it comes of us preaching a lot of the times
I love it when novels offer you life lessons but unlike non fiction it has to do it in a subtle manner, we are supposed to infer the lessons from the conflicts and the situations the main characters go through. This book has no such subtlety, the characters directly tell you all the life lessons. This for some reason made me feel like I was reading a children’s book.
Sorry about the rant, also tell me what you thought about the book.
by shattered_nirvana
3 Comments
Agree! I wanted this novel to be about amazing things that happened at the library at midnight based on various books there. Instead, it was dull and unimaginative, and none of the characters were likable. A little before halfway, I just skipped to the end and found I hadn’t missed anything crucial. Such a disappointment.
Yeah, i dropped out after reading a few pages.
Apparently, people can read very different things from the same book 🙂
Couldn’t stand The Book Thief either, or The Alchemist, for that matter.
All seemed superficial while pretending at depth. Not that I don’t read a lot of crappy but fun books, but I like an author to know which kind of book they are writing
I hated it too for the same reasons and am surprised by how many ppl love it. It’s an interesting concept but the writing and plot were a big letdown. Oh well