Book Review - The Strange Library
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It was the 6th
book that I picked up to read this year which Haruki Murakami has written. It falls
into the category of Fiction. I generally don’t prefer reading fiction unless I
have other alternatives. I inaugurated my reading journey at a nearby public
library through this book.
I picked up this book to
read for several reasons. Firstly, it was a skinny book that appeared quite
appealing to me. I wanted to finish reading it in one go. I loved the color of
the cover of this book. Secondly, I wanted to motivate myself to read fiction
as the English Section had only fiction books. Thirdly, I decided not to get
the membership of the library just for burrowing books to create a mini library
at home! This decision to not opt for the membership of the library will push
me out of my apartment to go to the library and spend some time there.
Coming
back to the book, it was a thin book to cover in a single sitting. It has some
50-60 pages with illustrations to supplement the story. It took me about 30
minutes to complete it. It was the first illustration book that I read. It's
about a boy who went to the city library to get books related to the taxation
regime of the Ottoman Empire. A thought related to this topic came to his mind
and he recalled how his mother once suggested him to visit the library for any
information. Little did he know that he would be imprisoned by the old man in
the basement of the library where he would meet the sheepman and a mute girl. Through
the sheepman, he gets to know that the old man likes to eat the brains of the
boys like him who are knowledgeable. The old man finds a knowledgeable brain tastier.
So, the old man provides all the books to the boy to cram word by word in the stipulated
time frame. The sheepman who lives with that old man knows the secrets in getting
out of that library and helps the boy in tracking the labyrinth until they get
caught by the old man but the boy is successful in
It's a one-time read book of fiction and not for intense reading. I couldn’t
understand the ending so well or the ending could’ve been written in a better
way, I don’t know, but something felt incomplete to me. Children, who love to read
fiction of suspense and thriller, would like it. My rating is 6/10.
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Swati Sarangi
02.09.2024
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