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A review by alilbitofmonica
That Night in the Library by Eva Jurczyk
2.5
As cool as the concept was here, it just did not hit for me.
Highlights:
- Setting. The concept of being trapped in the basement of a library, surrounded by old, rare books? Amazing.
- Overview of plot. The whole "bodies dropping one by one" idea is very classic, and being an enclosed space, there are limited suspects.
Reasons this book wasn't for me:
- Overall, I got bored. I didn't really care what happened to these characters as they they were all pretty annoying.
- The beginning didn't set things up well to the point where I cared about how it ended... Like the "twist" at the end fell flat because I didn't care about the "hint" at the beginning.
- The drugs. I don't really like when all the characters are high for the entirety of the action, it usually just makes things less exciting because of delayed or altered reactions than they would normally have.
- I simply do not understand the importance of the Greek ritual. It was talked about so much, the story of Persephone and Demeter, but ultimately I don't know or care how it actually mattered in the grand scheme of things?
Highlights:
- Setting. The concept of being trapped in the basement of a library, surrounded by old, rare books? Amazing.
- Overview of plot. The whole "bodies dropping one by one" idea is very classic, and being an enclosed space, there are limited suspects.
Reasons this book wasn't for me:
- Overall, I got bored. I didn't really care what happened to these characters as they they were all pretty annoying.
- The beginning didn't set things up well to the point where I cared about how it ended... Like the "twist" at the end fell flat because I didn't care about the "hint" at the beginning.
- The drugs. I don't really like when all the characters are high for the entirety of the action, it usually just makes things less exciting because of delayed or altered reactions than they would normally have.
- I simply do not understand the importance of the Greek ritual. It was talked about so much, the story of Persephone and Demeter, but ultimately I don't know or care how it actually mattered in the grand scheme of things?