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This may be the most intriguing books of John Grisham for any booklovers. The theme, surprisingly, is about books: bookshop, bookseller, writer, booklover, and... old manuscript. It is so unexpected because Grisham never touched any topic related to book world before, and believe me, Camino Island is a real treat!
I like almost everything about this book - the summer setting, an island in Florida, the bookshop, the characters. Perhaps my only complain is about the ending - not that satisfying, bu ...more
I like almost everything about this book - the summer setting, an island in Florida, the bookshop, the characters. Perhaps my only complain is about the ending - not that satisfying, bu ...more
Is every book with Island in the name just a summer read? No of course not - Shutter Island was amazing - but this book was John Grisham Lite - his version of a summer read. it was enjoyable - lots of beach scenes and outdoor bar scenes and a jaunt to paris - I can imagine him expensing those trips to research the book. And lots of making fun of writers and publishers - with their insistence on deadlines for the next book and their excessive use of alcohol. So I imagine he has had writer's block
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Liked this Grisham book’s subject a lot—regarding 5 original F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts stolen from the Princeton library. Liked that it was about books & booksellers/buyers. Listened to it on my iPhone; borrowed from the library.
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