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An American in Paris
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An American in Paris (1951) was a landmark film in the careers of Vincente Minnelli, Gene Kelly and...
Dune (1984)
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The long-awaited film version of Frank Herbert's classic science fiction epic, Dune, explodes on the...
Travel Bites
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Travel Bites is a collection of short stories that criss-cross the globe. It is the first work by...
Wake Up!: Escaping a Life on Autopilot
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Over 80 per cent of our waking time is spent on autopilot. We all know the feeling of driving a long...
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Chloe (778 KP) rated The Midnight Library in Books
Mar 8, 2021
Clever concept (3 more)
Interesting
Philosophy
Good characters
Obvious storyline (2 more)
Lots of philosophy
Descriptions lacking/over done
Obvious but ok
I saw a lot of reviews rating this book quite highly so perhaps that is why I feel it was lacking. The main character is believable and I do love all the various storylines. I like the description of the library, I felt like th cover on my copy left less to the imagination though.
Perhaps this was the point but the story was very obvious. I'm not a philosophy fan so maybe it was supposed to shadow a philosopher?!
Some parts I felt were over described and frankly quite boring. Whereas other parts were lacking in description. Plus I don't think the final couple of chapters were neccessary, certainly the penultimate one.
The copy I have was the perfect hard back with good sized text and spacing.
Perhaps this was the point but the story was very obvious. I'm not a philosophy fan so maybe it was supposed to shadow a philosopher?!
Some parts I felt were over described and frankly quite boring. Whereas other parts were lacking in description. Plus I don't think the final couple of chapters were neccessary, certainly the penultimate one.
The copy I have was the perfect hard back with good sized text and spacing.