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The Library of Lost Dollhouses by Elise Hooper is a novel about a librarian who discovers a secret room with extremely detailed dollhouses that hold many secrets. Ms. Hooper is a published author and writer.
- 320 pages
- Publisher : William Morrow
- Language : English
- ISBN-10 : 0063427575
My rating for The Library of Lost Dollhouses — 3
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Thoughts:
This was a strange book that moved from being very interesting to mundane. Nevertheless, it was easy to read and enjoyable.
Right off the bat, I want to say that the lesbian relationships seemed forced, as if the author wanted to just include them for the sake of inclusion. And while I am a big supporter of representation, this one simply seemed forced and not organic, It’s not a major part of the story; it’s just… annoyingly there.
I enjoyed books in a similar vein previously and can say I tremendously enjoyed the parts taking place during the war. The rest, to me, were just place fillers.
After a strong start, the pace of The Library of Lost Dollhouses by Elise Hooper slowed down. The strong, unorthodox women in the historical settings of both World Wars and the Great Depression were fascinating and well-researched.
The book switches points of view between that of the Head Curator and Cora, the artist who created the dollhouses. As I mentioned before, Cora’s story is really interesting, Tildy’s story is less so and is just used to move Cora’s story forward, but I felt the book could have been tighter and more enjoyable skipping that whole part.
Synopsis:
Tildy Barrows is the Head Curator for an archival library in San Francisco created by a very wealthy woman. While doing inventory, she stumbles on a secret room with exquisite, detailed dollhouses.
Tildy realizes these could be the saving grace for the library’s funding and gets the board and local news involved. She stumbles onto an amazing story of Cora Hale, a forgotten artist and her contribution to the English efforts during World War II.
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