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Work InformationThe Library of the Dead by Tendai Huchu
![]() Books Read in 2021 (1,853) Books Read in 2023 (2,883) » 2 more Books Read in 2022 (3,516) At the Library (194) No current Talk conversations about this book. ![]() ![]() A girl who can communicate with the dead makes her living by charging them and their living relations for the privilege of her gift. But when a ghost who can’t pay begs her to find her missing son, she breaks all her rules against charity cases and sets out to investigate the series of mysterious disappearances in the neighborhood. She also gets her friend to sneak her into the members-only secret library where he works (and for which his father is president), and soon realizes both that the two things are related and that she very well may be in over her head. I had a little trouble staying on top of the plot with this one, but it was still an okay read, if a little scattered. Contrary to others, I thought the ending was well done… fast paced, interesting, left a bit of a cliffhanger while still giving a sense of being wrapped up. But for much of the book, I was… I don’t know, a little frustrated, a little disinterested. It drags in places and seemed unfocused at times. Some telling that felt unnecessary. So, overall, ⭐️⭐️⭐️. I would read the 2nd, but I don’t need to rush right out to get it. You know how they say that Indiana Jones and The Lost Ark would've ended exactly the same way even if Indiana Jones wasn't part of the story? Well, that's how I felt about the Library of the Dead. The premise was nice - a kid who can see and speak with ghosts somehow finds her way to a secret library where she can learn magic. However, if you took out the library from the story it would hardly change. Even Ropa's ability to speak with the dead wasn't a key point (going after Oliver could've just as well been a mission she got from his living grandparents). Not to mention that the whole story felt like a Doctor Who episode. Also, I often felt that the author was really trying to sound like a kid and really overdoing it. Bottom line, it was an ok story but I really doubt I'll read the next one. no reviews | add a review
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Ropa dropped out of school to become a ghost talker, and she now speaks to Edinburgh's dead - carrying messages to the living - but when she learns someone is bewitching children she investigates and discovers an occult library, a taste for hidden magic, and a wealth of Edinburgh's dark secrets. No library descriptions found. |
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