I was so unsettled and disturbed by an event that happened at the start of this book that I almost stopped reading it there and then. Unsure what to do, luckily, in the end, I decided to keep reading it. If a book is able to trigger such strong emotions it must be a good book, I thought. In fact, it was a brilliant and gripping novel, despite the fact that it made me feel uncomfortable sometimes. The pacing was perfect and the main topics… Read More »Magpie
I chose this book because it won the “Best Fiction of 2020” Goodreads award so my expectations were very high. Usually, I have a glance at some reviews before reading a book, just to get an idea of what the general feeling around it is. With this one, however, I didn’t read any reviews because I thought “it won the award, I can’t go wrong”. The start was very slow. After reading about one-third of the book, I still wasn’t connected either with the character… Read More »The Midnight Library