I had really high hopes going into this book - I loved the premise and the setting but unfortunately it fell completely flat for me. Maybe my hopes were too high but I didn’t find the book particularly compelling to read - it was hard work for me to get through and I found the characters were all quite dry and didn’t feel any particular emotions towards any of them, just simple indifference.

Sorry but this book did not do anything for me. Initially I thought the concept of twins with a grudge was original but it quickly descended into melodrama and felt a bit silly. It didn’t seem to know what it wanted to be, a touch of the surreal, the bathetic, the revenge tragedy. Not well written, no sympathetic characters, possibly the security guard but he has problematic elements too. I cannot recommend this book but I am grateful for the chance to review it.

As an unquestionable bookworm, I love all the books sets in the libraries. I like the vibe, idea that place full of written stories could be a place of murder, great love or huge emotions swirling around.

The Library Suicide is a psychological thriller. We have a group of strangers who are in the library in time of murder. They all hear a scream, they having an alibi for themselves then and they all trying to find out what exactly has happend in the campus.

At the same time, when they get closer, they get to know each other better and find things that ring a bell. As we all have secrets, these ones can be a red flag if added to a mystery murder and unsolved crime. Beside that, it seems that they are all playing dangerous games on their own and having an agenda...

This book is unpredictable. It was surprising, with the ending that gives me goosebumps. The great way to unreavel the truth, piece by piece and present it in a way I have never predicted.

I like the vibe, the plot, the characters that are totally strong, independent. We, as readers, can truly assosiated with their actions, feelings, behaviour.

Mind-blowing, staying in head long after reading the last page.

Brace yourself for an exhilarating read as this heart-pounding thriller unravels a tale of intrigue and danger that's impossible to put down.

What a very pleasant and absorbing surprise this book was – and I’d say it was more thriller than anything.
It explores matriarchal and patriarchal roles but in a really nuanced way with two plots running concurrently.

Takes a bit of concentration, but that’s the point of books, eh?

The book had echoes of Handmaid’s Tale (and I do ove a grim dystopian tale) and as character development goes, the Ana and Nan POVs were fantastic.

Like many readers, I’m a lover of libraries so it was off to a good start and whilst that starts was a slowish one – I’d recommend persevering, dear reader as the payoffs are worth it.

If you’re after a clever piece of writing that you can get your intellectual teeth into, I highly recommend The Library Suicides.

Full marks – super enjoyable!

Sadly just couldn’t get through this book as started too slowly and the sci fiction part was too lightly embedded and not explained enough

An exciting and engrossing thriller. The main characters were cool and unlikeable but that made you want to read more. I was visualising every room and experiencing what was happening with all the main players.

This is such a captivating read. I could not put it down and it had me up reading until 2am!!
Thank you so much to the author and publishers for this wonderful read

Firstly, how cool is the cover? I was immediately drawn in by that and knew I would love this book!
It covers so many different topics within a dystopian setting that I found it fascinating, Chuck in a sort of murder mystery too and I’m hooked! I enjoyed the dark themes along with the injection of witty dark humour. Overall an enjoyable read!

A dystopian society where the physical book and indeed paper itself are abolished after an infective epidemic supposedly carried on paper. Twins Ana and Nan created with a sperm donor and left motherless after her suicide work in the library responsible for carrying out. Dan, an ex con working as porter in the library and Eben a reader in the library whose life is about to be changed by new knowledge.

The book started off well, told in the multiple voices of the MC's . The narrative was building well when, for me, it descended into farce, every event became more incomprehensible

It wasn't awful but a little too far fetched for me

I’m a big fan of dystopian fiction and The Library Suicides didn’t disappoint. I would have liked more background/detail on the dystopia itself but overall I enjoyed the book.

A superb dystopian thriller. In a post pandemic society, where germs are rife and paper and physical books are no longer viable, Twins Ana and Nan work in a high security library with digitized books and archives of precious leftover books. Their mother was a famous author, who committed suicide after years of harsh critical reviews from Eben, who now wishes for access to her archived work to write her biography and clear gis name from the guilt of her death. The Twins have orchestrated an extra surprise for his arrival and seek to avenge their mother. But are the Twins on the same page and was everything their mother professed a real truth? This is one library trip visitors won't forget. A thrilling; I would have loved more background on the dystopian setting as the snippets were intriguing. The ending gave me the chills. #thelibrarysuicides #fflurdafydd #netgalley

This book was one of those you expected to go into one direction, but it definitely doesn't! Entertaining throughout, will read more in future.

was intrigued by the synopsis for this story and was keen to read it however it’s taken me a very long time.

This is the story of twins Ana and Nan and their plan to avenge their mother’s death - driven to suicide, they believe, by the actions of one reviewer.

I really struggled with the book though, one of the earliest scenes showed the sisters bathing together and ended with them drowning a seagull in the tub and chucking its corpse out of the window. Incredibly violently described, it clearly spoke to the strangeness of the twins’ mental state but it was a scene I found gruesome and deeply disturbing.

Disturbing is probably how I’d describe much of this story.

Set in a near future dystopia, I really found myself bewildered by what was happening. I think the fact some parts of the story were very detailed and some were quite vague reflected the state control and memory losses but honestly, at points I found myself wishing I just understood what the author intended.

I did appreciate the writing style and found it quite darkly humorous at points but I couldn’t say I enjoyed reading it. If I were to read it again, knowing what the story was, I suspect I would appreciate it more but as it was, I found myself wondering what I was reading!

Give it a go though, it is intriguing and clever but I think the whole dystopia/state control elements would be better laid out in the blurb to better position the story.

I enjoyed this book so much. Something a bit different with a terrific twist.

Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher for allowing me to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

I adore dystopian books. I love being immersed in a new but oddly familiar world with new rules. Dystopian stories such as those by the brilliant Christina Dalcher or phenomenal John Marrs leave me thinking about them for days. This book has everything that I should love and the blurb had me so excited....I thought this was a sure fire win and couldn't wait to love it.....and then I didn't at all. I was and am so confused.

My main problem was the world was not built enough for me. I want to know everything about this new world. Instead we got vague references to a strange new government, the banning of paper (?!), a pandemic (covid or a different one?), neighbouring countries (which? Where?) and strange new rules that had everyone scared. The Library seemed to be the pinnacle of this new society. ....but why?! Why weren't these ideas ever expanded on or explained. These fundamental points in this new society needed to be set out and expanded upon for us to ever feel invested in this world. For them not to be at all...or just vaguely hinted at....was very frustrating. I understand drip feeding your audience but when it comes to world building we need to understand what we are dealing with fairly soon.

The characters were also difficult. There wasn't a single one that I even remotely was drawn too. The opening with the pigeons and the shared bath etc was just a bit too out there for me to ever really grasp the twins personalities. The plan was so convulted and had we understood the world they were living in, the plan itself may have made more sense. Nan and Ana were horrible human beings and viewing an off kilter world that hadn't been explained through their eyes just made everything too much of an ordeal.

I really wanted to love this book and I was so very disappointed that I didn't. I feel harsh giving the above review but I am also honest and could see glimpses of where this could have worked.

Thanks to the author, publisher and Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Fascinating. Blending aspects of a traditional thriller with glimpses into a dystopian world - this kept me turning the pages. Family, history, criticism, technology - all explored with aplomb

A gripping read. Twins and revenge. Good interesting characters and their decisions which colour their view on the world. You will never look at libraries again in the same light.
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I'll be honest, I really don't know what to make of this book. In the first few pages, I thought it was going to be a bit more 'literary' than I expected. That assumption was quickly shot down. Then it seemed to be dystopian, but again, not really. Then, there was a bit of action. And then it hit me what this book actually is:

It's bloody silly.

Honestly, I spent most of the time reading this book with a raised eyebrow. Not one character is likeable or intelligent. I even found myself not caring about the baby. It's such a shame as the premise was interesting, but the execution was really quite bad. I quite liked the end, though, it got two stars for that alone.

An interesting premise for a novel. Found it a little hard to get into initially but continued and enjoyed it more. A novel of a unlikeable characters.