Linda S. (Ladyslott) reviewed on 9/21/2007 + 113 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 22

This book had a great premise, a âfish out of water' story of a librarian from London who takes a job in rural Ireland only to find the library closed and all the books missing. He then decides to solve the mystery of the missing books. I love books, I love mysteries and I like books set in countries other than my own, so what's not to like about this book? Unfortunately just about everything. I found the main character, a nebbishy Jewish vegetarian named Israel, to be so annoying I wanted to smack him upside the head more than once. All of the local people he meets are eccentric beyond belief, and scenarios are repeated more than once, losing whatever charm they had along the way. The plot about the missing books, and its ridiculous resolution, was unbelievable and more than a little flimsy. All in all a waste of a couple of days vacation time.

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