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Jun 13, 2018
Kavitha Sivakumar
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
ir-armchair-2018
What I like about this book?
1. The writing style - the author started with both the side of the conversation via letter, then one side of the conversation by mentioning the other side and then only mention important letters. Still, it is very coherent and the story flows. Isola is a dear :) Through her, author's humor sense shows.
2. All the characters! I love the way the author develop the characters, felt very close to them than I ever did on other books. I myself wish to visit Guernsey and tal ...more
1. The writing style - the author started with both the side of the conversation via letter, then one side of the conversation by mentioning the other side and then only mention important letters. Still, it is very coherent and the story flows. Isola is a dear :) Through her, author's humor sense shows.
2. All the characters! I love the way the author develop the characters, felt very close to them than I ever did on other books. I myself wish to visit Guernsey and tal ...more
Wonderful 💖💖why did I put off reading this for so long !!!
Beautiful beautiful book 📖
Beautiful beautiful book 📖
I am decreasing the stars for this book after reading 84 Charing cross road as I feel this is essentially a rip off of that book. Instead of reading this over sweet ripoff, please read 84 Charing cross road instead.
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3.5 stars but leaning more towards 3.
This was my first epistolary novel and I enjoyed reading it just because of this format. Also this is the first book about books that I actually liked. The first half of the novel was great but the second half was boring. The ending ...more
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3.5 stars but leaning more towards 3.
This was my first epistolary novel and I enjoyed reading it just because of this format. Also this is the first book about books that I actually liked. The first half of the novel was great but the second half was boring. The ending ...more
Apr 14, 2019
Noninuna
rated it
liked it
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Shelves:
english-fiction,
historical
3.5 stars
Juliet is a likable character but I like side characters more than her. Isola for example and Susan. Tho the story is more or less predictable, the setting of right after WW2 ends and the depiction of how people start to build up their live back from what was left of it that drew me in.
My expectation was too high and by half of the book, I can say that it is a disappointment. Haven't seen anywhere if it was mentioned where Ms Shaffer stopped and where Ms Barrows pick up but I thought t
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i tried, i really did but i was so bored i just couldnt finish. for people really interested in an island during WWII, this is the book for you. for those of you anxious to read a love story, this book will drive you crazy.
What a story , reading it once wasn't enough, and I want to start it all over again !
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I utterly adored this book. It refused to let me go - I devoured it in one short sitting. It was decadent, whimsical, utterly moving and lovely. Couldn't get enough of it. I'm so very sad the author died before her book was even published and that she won't be able to write more.
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Aug 11, 2018
Elizabeth Stultz
marked it as to-read
Jan 30, 2019
Cindy III
rated it
really liked it
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Shelves:
romance-love,
historical,
war,
book-to-movie,
world-war-ii,
united-kingdom,
1940s,
200-p,
leo-monthly-horoscope,
rc-2019
Nov 18, 2019
Eva
marked it as to-read
May 11, 2020
Karon Buxton
added it
