Reviews - The Keeper of Lost Things

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The Keeper of Lost Things

Ruth Hogan

3.64 AVERAGE

krittabug's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 13%

Couldn’t get into it. May try again another time.

icygrl7's review against another edition

3.5

hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

renny_reads's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

I loved this book so much. It was a slow burn kind of love. I enjoyed it from the beginning, yes, and by the end of the book I was fully in love.

Plus the representation is wonderful: midlife romance (with sex even implied because middle-aged women also enjoy getting laid) AND (and and and!!!!) a primary character with Down syndrome! (Down's syndrome, technically, because the book is British and this reviewer is in the US.)

I selected it because the "readers who loved" list in the description was spot on - many of my favorites in that list. So glad I went with it and read this one. Really fantastic, would definitely recommend.

erickasparkles's review against another edition

3.0

There are some authors I consider palate cleansers. Their works are what I read after I’ve finished a particularly long or intensely emotional book, especially one that veers into any kind of violence or abuse. One of my favorite palate cleanser authors for many years was Maeve Binchy, a lovely author of books with pretty much interchangeable female leads who are finding themselves at their aunt’s inn or a new job in Ireland or some such, and end up finding the man of their dreams while intertwined in the stories of everyone else in a (t)wee village. Charming but not necessarily memorable. I found this book to be similar to Binchy’s style - lonely woman, handsome gardener, several lives intersecting, some tragedies and some romance, and everything neatly wrapped up at the end.