306 reviews for:

Bournville

Jonathan Coe

3.81 AVERAGE

ilonare's review

5.0

emotional hopeful informative slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

booktwitcher23's review

4.25

emotional informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

coneyboro's review against another edition

3.0

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Family saga spanning the period from WW2 to Brexit their story captured at the time of 'major' events in England. I found it a little difficult to keep track of who was who, and this might be because I haven't read the other books in this loose series. I found the long quotes from speeches and commentaries by amongst other Churchill, the Dimblebys, and Johnston a little unnecessary and a bit tedious.
Nevertheless interesting to see the changes in society and attitudes across the time period.

oliash01's review

3.25

lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

hmcc08's review against another edition

3.25

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

championsbreakfast's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

denisever's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

janpringle's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

amesbond's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

anapthine's review against another edition

3.75

emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Death, Xenophobia

Minor: Racism