305 reviews for:

Bournville

Jonathan Coe

3.81 AVERAGE

michielvandenberghe's review against another edition

4.0

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Bournville tells a family story at the pace of memorable moments in British history, from the end of WWII till the first corona lockdown. Societal changes and political conflicts intertwined with personal stories is trade mark Jonathan Coe.
Especially, the description of the ‘chocolate war’ fought in European Parliament committees between British and French/Belgian MEPs is highly amusing and painfully close to reality I imagine.

xallegrax's review against another edition

1.0

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Aspettative troppo alte? Forse, ma per niente avvincente

kelly281's review

4.0

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

rosecoleman's review against another edition

2.0

informative slow-paced

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Lots of detail, not incredibly interesting a lot of the time

b3thanamy's review

3.0

hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jessilicious23's review against another edition

3.75

informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

anartfulreader's review

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

louvl's review against another edition

2.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

joenglish's review against another edition

4.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

c8kodo's review against another edition

1.0

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Unbelievably boring! A write-by-numbers lazy narrative with undifferentiated and forgettable flat two-dimensional characters to whom nothing happens except to act as clothes hangers for a timeline of English history from WWII to now of supposedly key uninteresting events, books, movies and technology. And utterly failed to use that glorious chocolate setting to the full effect it deserves. I mean… it’s Cadbury’s ffs! It gets one star for the chocolate cameos.