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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
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:
Yes
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
El principio es un poco introductorio y le cuesta arrancar, pero luego es una historia muy bonita y dulce.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
emotional
funny
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really wanted to like this book but unfortunately I did not! The books started off solid and I loved that we got to have dual pov and dual timelines and saw how the characters wrote to each other in the margins of library books. I enjoyed learning about the characters and how their lives were in the past and how they end up having connections to the present characters. But towards the middle to the end of the book I feel like things got lost and then too many things happened and then nothing happened! I really didn’t like the more than two person pov. It got really confusing really fast. Also I felt the character Catherine was pretty selfish and unlikeable and no one really cared that she did the things she did. I did however get to experience some laughs from the grouchy neighbor Jasper and the kids Trixie, Noodle, and Theo were fun too. I loved when Jasper would babysit them!
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It did convince me to read Wuthering Heights tho so that’s good.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
I was first intrigued by this book’s cover, I love everything about the art on this one. Then I saw it was Lucy Gilmore’s newest book, and I got really excited. And then I read the description and I knew I was going to have an amazing time reading this book.
Chloe has been stuck in a life created by her mother’s choices for a long time. The oldest of four siblings she became responsible for the younger three when while she was off at school her mother up and left without a word to anyone. Working as an assistant in her local library is as close as she will get for the foreseeable future to her dream of being a full librarian, at least she gets to work around books. When she finds an old book in the library basement full of notes between two young lovers from the 60’s she finds herself needing to know what happened to them. And when she discovers one half of the pair is her extremely grumpy and irritable neighbour Jasper, she is even more intrigued.
I adored The Lonely Hearts Bookclub, and this book gave me the same wonderful kind of read, but I think I fell in love with this one even more. Chloe and her siblings will barge right into your heart and you won’t be able to shake them, and you won’t want to. Jasper is the perfect grumpy man with a heart waiting to be uncovered and his boisterous neighbours are just the people to do it. The timeline and perspective switches are flawless, and getting to follow the love story from the 60’s was a delight.
A perfect piece of cozy fiction that packs a huge emotional punch.
Look for this one April 30 2024.
Thank you so much to Sourcebooks and Netgally for letting me review this fantastic book.
Chloe has been stuck in a life created by her mother’s choices for a long time. The oldest of four siblings she became responsible for the younger three when while she was off at school her mother up and left without a word to anyone. Working as an assistant in her local library is as close as she will get for the foreseeable future to her dream of being a full librarian, at least she gets to work around books. When she finds an old book in the library basement full of notes between two young lovers from the 60’s she finds herself needing to know what happened to them. And when she discovers one half of the pair is her extremely grumpy and irritable neighbour Jasper, she is even more intrigued.
I adored The Lonely Hearts Bookclub, and this book gave me the same wonderful kind of read, but I think I fell in love with this one even more. Chloe and her siblings will barge right into your heart and you won’t be able to shake them, and you won’t want to. Jasper is the perfect grumpy man with a heart waiting to be uncovered and his boisterous neighbours are just the people to do it. The timeline and perspective switches are flawless, and getting to follow the love story from the 60’s was a delight.
A perfect piece of cozy fiction that packs a huge emotional punch.
Look for this one April 30 2024.
Thank you so much to Sourcebooks and Netgally for letting me review this fantastic book.
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes