Laura P. (hemmputnam) reviewed on 1/12/2010 + 1154 more book reviews

This book has a fantastic premise, an American traveling to bring books to semi-nomadic Africans on the backs of camels, and I thought I was going to love it, but I ended up just liking it. The parts of the book when she writes about the power, magic, and mystery of books and libraries are great, but the rest of the story is so typical it just didn't work for me. Perhaps it is good writing to demonstrate the universality of the human condition, but I didn't want to read about infidelity, abortion, and the demise of friendship in the bush. I did want to hear a lot more about the reactions of the people to the books that were changing their lives.

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