The Paris Library

If it weren't for the sex, nudity, and bad language, this would have been a keeper for me.

I adored the leading lady's obsessions with the Dewey Decimal System and the history of libraries. They were woven into the story well. Her journey in Paris in the early 1940s was amazing, particularly how she sought to save books and letters as well as make and maintain friendships with fellow library workers and volunteers and the “subscribers” (which we Americans would label as “patrons”) of the library.

Another pet peeve was that the historical timeline was altered for the sake of the story rather than the other way around. I don't understand why some authors insist upon “adjusting” history to fit their whims.

Content: tobacco, expletives, crude talk, Catholicism, sexual innuendo and sensuality, marital affairs, profanity (French and English), alcohol, explicit sex, nudity (including public nudity), derogatory terms