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Wonderful, charming story about people who live books and how books have affected their lives. The characters felt real to me and easy to relate, the book references are very very nice, and even though the plot itself is a bit too dramatic and fairy tale-ish, I still feel it is heartwarming. Ohhh and the setting of an independent bookstore in an island off massachusets- charming!
This book was totally fine. There are interesting characters, engrossing details and I was able to quickly read this in one enjoyable sitting. But with that said, I think that this will be entirely forgettable.
One of the problems is that it contains exactly the wrong kind of unlikable character. I don't think that it comes to a surprise to anyone that A. J. had a total turn around and becomes the almost perfect storybook hero. Loading all the conflict up front, it made for a relatively boring s ...more
One of the problems is that it contains exactly the wrong kind of unlikable character. I don't think that it comes to a surprise to anyone that A. J. had a total turn around and becomes the almost perfect storybook hero. Loading all the conflict up front, it made for a relatively boring s ...more
A.J. Fikry would not have liked this book for it's overt sentimemtality and trite conventions. I didn't mind them so much, but the story was just ok. The best character was the bookstore itself. As a lover and seller of books, I know that every store is its own entity with its own personality. Island books seems a lovely place in spite of its owner.
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3.5 stars really. This book is an ode to readers & their books. The characters are interesting, diverse and quite dysfunctional on many levels. The pacing was choppy. Things just happen from one page to another, with no transition. It was awkward and a bit annoying, but worked well enough to cover a span of 18 years in 258 pages.
Best book I've read in awhile. Definitely a book lover's book.
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